Cape Coral man sentenced to life for crimes against a child
Carlos DeJesus
A Cape Coral man was sentenced to life in prison this week after being found guilty of crimes against a child.
Carlos DeJesus, 56, was convicted in September of lewd and lascivious molestation, following a Lee County trial. He was also designated as a sexual predator. Assistant State Attorney Emma Thomas, of the Special Victims Unit, prosecuted the case.
According to a release from the State Attorney’s Office, DeJesus was found guilty of molesting a child for more than a decade in Cape Coral. When the child became an adult, they contacted law enforcement and told them what had been done to them.
The Cape Coral Police Department began an investigation which led to DeJesus’s arrest in 2024.