Overview

• On August 14, Vista Superior Court sentenced 31-year-old Brittney Mae Lyon to 100 years-to-life after her May guilty plea to lewd acts upon a child, kidnapping and burglary charges.
• Prosecutors said Lyon arranged for and took part in the abuse of four girls aged 3 to 7, including two diagnosed with autism and one nonverbal, by introducing them to her then-boyfriend, Samuel Cabrera.
• Investigators recovered a double-locked box in Cabrera’s car containing six hard drives with hundreds of videos documenting the molestations, some showing victims drugged or bound.
• Samuel Cabrera remains incarcerated under multiple life-without-parole terms following his 2019 conviction and 2021 sentencing to eight life-without-parole terms plus additional years.
• Lawmakers and the San Diego County District Attorney are supporting legislation—bills SB 286 and AB 47—to remove convicted sex offenders from elder-parole eligibility, though both measures remain stalled in committee.