RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – A 54-year-old Lake Elsinore man who repeatedly sexually assaulted three girls, then fled to Guatemala after learning he was under investigation, was sentenced today to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
A Riverside jury in March convicted Santos Erasmo Garcia of 22 felony counts, most of which stemmed from aggravated sexual assault of a minor and forcible lewd acts on a child, as well as sentence-enhancing allegations of targeting more than one underage victim in sex crimes.
During a hearing at the Riverside Hall of Justice Friday, Riverside County Superior Court Judge Timothy Hollenhorst imposed the sentence required under state law…