LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- A male nanny from Southern California has been found guilty of molesting 16 boys, showing another boy pornography, according to Orange County District Attorney’s Office.
34-years-old Matthew Zakrzewski, has been convicted of 34 felony counts, including lewd and lascivious acts with a minor under 14 and oral copulation of a child under 10, the office further reports.
“These young boys were forced to endure unimaginable terror as a result of the ultimate betrayal by a baby-sitter,” said District Attorney Todd Spitzer.
“These parents thought they were hiring a trusted caregiver for their children while they went on family vacations, date nights, and for other childcare needs,” he said.
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“Instead, they were unknowingly letting a monster walk into their homes and prey upon their innocent children in the vilest way.”
The suspect who called himself “the original Sitter Buddy” and “manny,” had worked as a child caretaker for many families across the region.
According to prosecutors, the crimes against his clients’ children ranging in age from 2 to 12 were committed between January 2014 and May 2019,
Besides sexually assaulting boys and filming the abuse, the babysitter showed pornography to a 17-year-old with the intent to molest him, officials said.
Zakrzewski theoretically faces up to 690 years to life plus eight years when he is sentenced 17 November.