HILLSBORO, Ore. (AP) - A jury has found a Hillsboro man guilty of 18 counts of child sex abuse involving three girls.
KOIN-TV reports the Washington County jury convicted Alvaro Noe Mendoza-Valencia on charges ranging from rape and sodomy to creating child porn and unlawful sexual penetration.
One of the girls reported the abuse to a relative in 2016. But an investigation wasn’t launched until the relative later passed the story on to a victim advocate, who notified Hillsboro police.
Investigators learned from the girls that the abuse had been happening for several years.
They said Mendoza-Valencia threatened to hurt them or their loved ones if they told anyone.
Mendoza-Valencia will be sentenced later this month.
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Information from: KOIN-TV, http://www.koin.com/
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