Former Anaheim Youth Minister Convicted of Molesting 4 Girls

SANTA ANA, Calif.—A former youth minister for an Anaheim church was convicted July 10 of molesting four girls and possessing child pornography. Todd Christian Hartman was convicted of eight felony counts related to sexual assaults on four girls as well as one felony count of possession of child pornography. He is scheduled to be sentenced July 31. The case against Mr. Hartman started with Newport Beach police in October 2014 when investigators were tipped about child pornography on the defendant’s devices at his home, according to court records. Mr. Hartman lived with his mother there at the time. A computer in his room had more than 1,500 suspected child pornography and child erotica images and about 400 suspected child pornographic videos, according to prosecutors. Another hard drive had about 5,000 suspected child pornography images and a thumb drive contained about 80 deleted video files with names associated with child porn, prosecutors said....