TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — A Tucson man was convicted of sex crimes against a child last week.
According to the FBI, 43-year-old Eric David Marrufo was found guilty by a federal jury of five counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child and one count of abusive sexual contact with a child.
He will be sentenced Monday, Oct. 24.
Marrufo was accused of sexually abusing victims at his home on the Pascua Yaqui Indian reservation between 2006 and 2008. He is a member of the tribe.
He faces a maximum penalty of life in prison, a $250,000 fine or both.
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