Tulare Man Sentenced To Life For Child Molestation

 

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A Tulare man is sentenced to life in prison for child molestation.

On Thursday in the Tulare County Superior Court, 69 year-old Oscar Moreno received 40 years-to-life in prison for child molestation.

On June 15, 2018, Moreno pleaded no contest to three counts of lewd or lascivious acts with a child under the age of 14, one count of digital penetration of a child under the age of ten, and one count of oral copulation of a child under the age of ten.

Each count is a felony and considered a strike offense.

The crimes occurred between April 22, 2011, and December 4, 2017, against four minor female victims.

In addition to his sentence, Moreno must register as a sex offender for life.

Click to listen to the report by KMJ’s Liz Kern: