California Babysitter Gets Over 700 Years in Prison for Molesting 16 Boys

SANTA ANA, Calif.—A 34-year-old child care service provider from Costa Mesa was sentenced Nov. 17 to 707 years and eight months to life in prison for molesting 16 boys, aged 2 to 14, and showing another victim child pornography. Matthew Antonio Zakrzewski was convicted Oct. 3 of 34 felony sex charges related to 17 victims in crimes that prosecutors said took place from 2014 through 2019. Jurors in the trial also heard evidence relating to two other boys, including one who was allegedly molested, but the defendant was not charged with attacking those alleged victims, Deputy District Attorney Juliet Oliver said. Multiple parents told Orange County Superior Court Judge Kimberly Menninger how the defendant’s crimes affected them. One victim offered the defendant forgiveness, while another implored him to seek redemption in religion because “It’s never too late to turn to God.”...