Sex Offender Sentenced to Life in Prison

On July 10, 2023, in Department 10 of the Tulare County Superior Court, Visalia Division, the court sentenced Nathan Valentino, age 31, to 15 years-to-life in prison for child molestation.

Valentino pleaded guilty to one felony count of child molestation on May 31, 2023. The crime was committed against a female minor in January 2020 when Valentino touched her at a library in Visalia.

Valentino possesses a prior child molestation felony from 2019 in which he was ordered to register as a sex offender under penal code 290. Additionally, Valentino possesses three misdemeanor convictions of a sexual nature from 2015 and 2019.

The case was prosecuted by Supervising Deputy District Attorney Laura Jackson and investigated by Visalia Police Department Officer Michael Morgantini.

Media inquiries can be directed to the Office of the District Attorney, County of Tulare Chief Deputy District Attorney Dave Alavezos (559) 636-5494