Littleton Man Sentenced To 10 Years For Sexually Assaulting Kids

A Littleton man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for sexually assaulting children, the Arapahoe County district attorney's office announced Thursday.

Corey Austin Medo, 23, pleaded guilty March 12 to one count of sexual exploitation of a child, the office said.

A Centennial mother told the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office on Nov. 30, 2019, that her babysitter had sexually assaulted her child, authorities said.

An investigation revealed the assaults had been occurring since March 2018, when the mother had hired Medo from a babysitting website, the DA's office said.

Several families had hired Medo, who was also a youth basketball coach. Investigators believe he targeted boys between the ages of 7 and 10, the office said.

“A person who preys on children entrusted to his care deserves to go to prison,” Arapahoe County District Attorney John Kellner said in a statement.

“Here we have parents trying to do the right thing, screening the person they choose to watch their children. And he takes advantage of his position of trust and molests those youngsters. My office will always pursue these cases aggressively.”

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The case was prosecuted by Deputy District Attorney Jacob Kremin.

"Nothing can replace the innocence the defendant stole from the child he was trusted to protect,” Kremin said in a statement. “However, this resolution will ensure that he is locked away while the family begins the healing process, and that upon his release, he will be prohibited from having contact with any other child."

Upon his release from prison, Medo must register as a sex offender.