Former family nonprofit official convicted of sexually abusing 2 girls in Santa Rosa

A former Santa Rosa nonprofit program manager may find out in January when he is to be sentenced following his conviction last week on charges of sexually abusing two girls during a span of several years.

On Dec. 19, a Sonoma County jury found Victor Magallon guilty of two counts of sexual abuse of a child and one count of assault on a minor, according to the Sonoma County District Attorney’s Office.

Jurors deliberated for a day following 10 days of testimony and arguments.

Magallon, a 43-year-old Santa Rosa resident, is being held at the Sonoma County jail without bail. A Jan. 5 hearing will focus on sentencing factors related to his conviction and identify the maximum amount of time in prison he faces.

His attorney, Andrew Martinez, was in court Thursday afternoon and was not immediately available for comment, his office staffer told The Press Democrat.

Magallon was a parent educator and court referral programs manager for Child Parent Institute, a Santa Rosa agency specializing in family education and mental health.

He was arrested in December 2020 and laid off from his job in February 2021 after working their since around 2008, officials said in a previous interview with The Press Democrat.

Court records described the two victims; Jane Doe 1 and Jane Doe 2, as family friends with no connection to the nonprofit.

The allegations are mostly detailed in Martinez’s motions for dismissal and prosecutors’ oppositions to his request, which are all filed in Sonoma County Superior Court.

According to court filings, Jane Doe 1 was between the ages of 7 or 8 and 12 or 13 when she was abused between June 2010 and June 2017, while Jane Doe 2 was 12 or 13 years old at the time of the abuse, which took place between August 2009 and August 2011.

Records indicated the abuse took place at Magallon’s Santa Rosa home during family gatherings. He was also accused of inappropriately touching the victims whenever they were alone.

In a previous interview, Jane Doe 1’s mother told The Press Democrat her daughter was 16 years old when she revealed the abuse shortly before Magallon’s arrest.

The matter was investigated by the Santa Rosa Police Department.

The District Attorney’s Office initially charged Magallon with 25 counts related to child abuse. Following a January 2022 preliminary hearing, those 25 counts were whittled down to eight charges.

The charges were later amended to the three counts he was accused in this month’s jury trial.

Martinez filed a motion for dismissal following the preliminary hearing, arguing the victims did not remember dates and were inconsistent with their version of events.

He also argued the victims’ timelines overlapped and it made no sense when each testified they never saw each other at Magallon’s home.

You can reach Staff Writer Colin Atagi at colin.atagi@pressdemocrat.com. On Twitter @colin_atagi