DATE: December 23, 2024

CASE: Carl Nelson (Case #24FE004035)

PROSECUTOR:  Deputy District Attorney Wynn (Nguyen) Tran, Special Assault & Child Abuse Unit

On December 20, 2024, the Honorable Maryanne Gilliard sentenced Carl Nelson to 385 years to life in prison.  On August 14, 2024, a jury convicted Nelson of three counts of forcible lewd acts upon a child, four counts of lewd acts upon a child and forcible oral copulation.  The jury also found true the allegations of multiple victims and a victim under the age of 14. An allegation that Nelson has a prior strike conviction for burglary and a prior 5-year prison sentence was found true at the sentencing hearing.

In September 2017, Nelson forced an adult male victim to orally copulate him at gun point.  He then told the victim that if he ever told anyone, he would find him and kill him.  In February 2024, a second victim disclosed to law enforcement that Nelson molested her when she was between the ages of 6 and 11 years old. Nelson held the victim at times and told her not to tell anyone.