Case of Interest: People v. Pablo China Valle

Contact: Roxanne Ball, Special Assaults/Child Abuse,
(916) 874-5264

District Attorney Jan Scully announced today that the Honorable Judge Emily Vasquez sentenced defendant, Pablo China Valle to forty-one years to life in prison for the kidnap from a park and sodomy of an eight-year-old boy.

The defendant was found guilty of six counts of child molest and two counts of kidnapping. The jury also found “True” six special allegations, that the defendant kidnapped the victim for purposes of child molest, bringing the defendant into the “One Strike” law which allows for consecutive sentences of 25 years to life on each of these six counts. The jury also made additional findings in aggravation that the victim was particularly vulnerable and the crimes involved planning and sophistication.

The boy walked to the park with neighborhood children to play basketball while his single-mother worked two jobs to support her family of four children. The defendant enticed the boy into his vehicle by buying him candy and Nike basketball shoes, then, on several occasions, took him to an isolated area and sodomized him. The boy was intimidated by the defendant and warned not to tell.

A detailed investigation by Detective Lauinger and Detective Koontz of the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department resulted in evidence that was so strong against the defendant that the jury reached a verdict in less than two hours after a three-week trial which included over eighty-two exhibits.
Prosecuting Attorney, Roxanne Ball said; “It is due to the efforts of these two detectives plus the diligence of a neighbor and her children, and the courage of this little boy that a dangerous child molester is off the streets.”