Editor’s note: This article describes child sexual abuse.

A local man was sentenced Monday to serve 25 years in prison after a Marion County jury found him guilty of sexually abusing three girls over a period of several years.

Keizer police began an investigation into Armando Marquez-Zacarias, 45, in 2022 based on an allegation he had touched a girl he knew, according to a motion filed by prosecutors in the case.

Investigators then learned three other girls had disclosed to Salem police in 2021 that Marquez-Zacarias touched them sexually, the filing said. The victims were between 9 and 13 when the abuse happened.

In interviews at Liberty House , the three victims reported he had repeatedly rubbed and touched their thighs while watching movies, the filing said. One girl said he touche

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