LAUSD Coach Gets 105 Years For Molesting Young Girls

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) – A 44-year-old San Fernando man who was convicted of molesting seven girls while a coach with the Los Angeles Unified School District will spend the rest of his life in prison.

Ronnie Lee Roman was sentenced Tuesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court to 105 years to life in state prison, the L.A. County District Attorney's Office reports. It was the maximum sentence he could have received.

On June 7, Roman was found guilty of molesting seven girls, ages 8 to 11, while an LAUSD employee. The abuse, which dated as far back as 2002, happened while Roman worked as a coach at Cahuenga Elementary and Vine Elementary schools.

Six of the assaults occurred on school grounds and the seventh took place in the victim's home, prosecutors said.

Jurors deliberated for more than a day before finding Roman guilty of seven counts of lewd act on a child, along with special allegations of multiple victims.

The DA's office erroneously reported Tuesday that Roman was working for the L.A.'s Best after-school program when the crimes occurred. Roman has never been an employee of L.A.'s Best.