{"id":43702,"date":"2021-08-12T16:26:09","date_gmt":"2021-08-12T23:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=43702"},"modified":"2021-08-12T16:35:09","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T23:35:09","slug":"ex-marine-convicted-again-using-drugs-and-force-to-sexually-abuse-young-cambodian-females","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=43702","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Marine Convicted, Again, Using Drugs and Force to Sexually Abuse Young Cambodian females"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Los Angeles<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">A federal jury today convicted a retired Marine Corps captain who traveled to Cambodia in 2005 for the purpose of engaging in illicit sexual conduct with minors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6759\" width=\"317\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice-90x60.jpg 90w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 317px) 100vw, 317px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Michael Joseph Pepe, 67, a former resident of Oxnard who has been in federal custody since 2007, was found guilty of four felony offenses \u2013 two counts of traveling in foreign commerce with the intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct and two counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. District Judge Dale S. Fischer is scheduled to sentence Pepe on December 6, at which time he will face up to life in prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">During the seven-day trial, jurors heard testimony from eight minor victims who were as young as 9 when they were sexually abused. Each of the victims testified that Pepe sexually abused them, and several explained that Pepe drugged, bound, beat, and raped them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Prosecutors also presented evidence corroborating the victim&#8217;s testimony, including homemade child pornography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Pepe was initially charged in this case in 2006. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">After being brought to the United States in early 2007, he was subsequently tried, convicted and sentenced to prison. The U.S. 9<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the conviction in 2018, and prosecutors decided to retry the defendant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">The investigation in this case was conducted by Homeland Security Investigations and the Cambodian National Police.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles A federal jury today convicted a retired Marine Corps captain who traveled to Cambodia in 2005 for the purpose of engaging in illicit sexual conduct with minors. 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