Daly City man who molested child relative found guilty on 11 charges

REDWOOD CITY — A Daly City man who terrorized a family member throughout her childhood, was convicted of 11 felony child molestation counts by a San Mateo County jury on Tuesday, according to prosecutors.

Antonio Mandilag Oliveros, 58, could face a sentence of life in prison, prosecutors said.

The family member first reported the abuse when she was 13 but said that it began when she was in the second grade, escalating from touching at night, while the family was asleep, to more serious acts of molestation in the fourth grade. The victim told authorities that Oliveros would tell her that he’d reward her with trips to the mall for complying with the abuse.

The San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office reported that two additional family members approached the victim with requests that she’d retract her accusations against Oliveros in the hopes of keeping him out of prison. Authorities said, however, that he had already admitted to the crimes in a phone call set up by police.

After only 30 minutes of deliberation, the jury found Oliveros guilty on two counts of forcible child molestation, two counts of oral copulation on a child and seven counts of lewd acts with a child.

Oliveros will next appear for a hearing regarding aggravating factors and a prior felony strike conviction on Dec. 13. He remains held on $2.8 million bail.