LOS ANGELES — A Hawthorne man who used his access to children through babysitting and day-care jobs to sexually abuse 20 young victims, including infants, was sentenced Friday to life in federal prison without parole.
Arlan Wesley Harrell, 27, pleaded guilty July 7 to engaging in a child exploitation enterprise, obtaining custody of a minor for purposes of producing child pornography, production of child pornography and possession of child pornography, according to the U.S. attorney's office for the Central District of California.
"Defendant is horror incarnate," prosecutors wrote in a 43-page sentencing memo filed Thursday. "There is no way to ensure the community could ever be safe from defendant other than lifetime imprisonment."
