A 64-year-old man was found guilty of 16 counts of child molesting and faces up to 225 years to life in prison, Monterey County prosecutors said Friday.
Jose Guadalupe Reyes was convicted of 14 counts of forcible lewd or lascivious acts on a child under the age of 14 and two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child under the age of 14.
Reyes molested five children under the age of 14 from 1996 to 2012, prosecutors said. Three were his nieces, one was his girlfriend’s daughter, and one was his granddaughter, according to Monterey County District Attorney’s Office.
Reyes touched all five victims both under and over their clothing, using force and duress, prosecutors said.
The victims waited until adulthood to report the assaults, according to prosecutors.
Reyes was apprehended in 2025 in Texas and returned to Monterey County for trial.