A California babysitter who specialized in caring for special needs children received a 100-year-to-life prison sentence Thursday for sexually assaulting at least four young girls she was entrusted to watch, according to a San Diego County District Attorney press release.
Brittney Mae Lyon, 31, was handed down the sentence by the San Diego County Superior Court for her role in a systematic abuse scheme involving her boyfriend, Samuel Cabrera, the press release reported. Lyon had pleaded guilty in May to two felony counts of lewd act upon a child and two counts of forcible lewd act upon a child.
The victims, ranging from three to seven years old, included two girls diagnosed with autism, one of whom was nonverbal. “This defendant was ruthless in posing as a trustworthy babysitter and recruiting autistic children, only to commit the most atrocious acts upon them,” San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan said in the press release.
Lyon coordinated with Cabrera to plan access to the children, either bringing them to his house or inviting him to her home during babysitting sessions, the press release reported. Authorities uncovered the abuse in 2016 when a seven-year-old victim told her mother she didn’t want to go anywhere with Lyon, who was a family friend.
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Author: Ray Hilbrich
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