Undercover police sting leads to conviction of OC man in years-long child molestation case

The Brief

  • A 60-year-old man, Jason Valentine Esparza, was convicted on numerous felony counts of child molestation involving children as young as four.
  • He was arrested after being lured to a motel by an undercover Huntington Beach police detective posing as a female babysitter.
  • The crimes are suspected to have spanned several decades, and he now faces a maximum sentence of 75 years to life in prison.

ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. A man has been convicted of molesting two young children and arranging for a four-year-old to be sexually assaulted after an eight-month-long undercover sting operation, according to the Orange County District Attorney’s Office.

The sexual offenses are suspected to have occurred over several decades across Southern California.

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