(FOX40.COM) — A San Joaquin County judge sentenced a man to over 400 years in prison for multiple counts of child molestation, the local district attorney’s office announced Tuesday.
72-year-old Lonnie Smith, who is from Anderson, was sentenced to 450 years to life plus two counts of life without parole, according to a release from the San Joaquin County District Attorney’s website.
Officials said that this sentencing comes after Smith was convicted on eight counts of various child molestation charges from multiple jurisdictions. The charges included child molestations from three separate victims and all of them were under the age of 13 at the time the crime took place.
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The district attorney’s office said that they considered Smith to be a serial child molester since he served two previous prison terms for lewd acts with a minor in 1983 and 1988. The victims from previous cases testified in court about Smith’s abuse, authorities said…