A Californian man has been sentenced to 293 years behind bars for molesting boys as young as six, bribing them with ice cream to keep quiet.
Alex Mauricio Padilla Beltran, 58, of Santa Ana gave the young boys a false sense of security after being a family friend to the victims and groped them whole he was trusted to care for them.
Any parents worst nightmare, the seven victims, some as young as six, were known to Beltran, who often gave them money or ice cream as a reward for not telling their parents about the sexual abuse…