By Sara Beth Williams–
A man sentenced to 580 years to life in prison last week was accused of assaulting victims in Citrus Heights.
Kirby Torres was recently sentenced to 580 years to life in prison according to a March 29 news release from the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office. Torres was convicted in October 2023 of 24 lewd acts with children under the age of 14. Five of those lewd acts were found to be committed “with force or fear.”
Citrus Heights Police Lt. Michael Wells told The Sentinel in an Oct. 17, 2023, email that investigators opened the case in 2020 after an unidentified individual contacted the department. The victims were known to Torres, Wells said.
The individual contacted Citrus Heights Police because the criminal incidents allegedly occurred locally at the time. Citrus Heights Police issued a warrant for Torres’ arrest after detectives found he was responsible for “numerous sexual crimes against two juveniles,” according to Wells.
According to the latest District Attorney release, crimes were committed between 2010 and 2020, and the victims were boys and girls between the ages of three and 13.
Wells noted in October 2023 that all known victims who were allegedly assaulted in Citrus Heights have since moved to other areas. The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office also assisted in the investigation, and a total of seven victims were identified, according to the District Attorney’s Office.
Torres was arrested in 2020 and has earned “actual custody credit” since that time, according to the District Attorney. Under current California law, Torres will become eligible for release at an Elder Parole hearing after the age of 50 and after serving a minimum of 20 years of his sentence.
