SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, CA (KMJ) — A 49-year-old Paso Robles man faces a sentence of more than 300 years to life after he was convicted of multiple sex crimes against children.
Jason Robert Porter was found guilty of 16 felony counts, including multiple sex crimes on four child victims and possession of child pornography.
Porter was also convicted of 36 misdemeanor counts based on his videotaping 36 victims without their knowledge.
Porter waived his constitutional right to a jury trial and the matter was heard alone by judge Barry T. LaBarbera.
The evidence presented showed between February 2008 and June 2016 Porter sexually abused four female child victims between the ages of 1 and 13-years-old.
“We sincerely applaud the courage of the young survivor who testified and the tenacity of the law enforcement personnel who gathered and reviewed all of the evidence – including 324 electronic devices and more than 4 terabytes of cyber data to prove these horrible crimes,” said District Attorney Dan Dow. “These verdicts send a clear message that we will prosecute child sexual predators to the maximum extent of the law.”
The case was investigated by the Paso Robles Police Department with the assistance of the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office, the District Attorney’s Bureau of Investigation and Central Coast Cyber Forensic Laboratory.
Sentencing is scheduled for June 28, 2021.
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