Carpentersville man guilty of child sex assault threatened to kill child’s parents, prosecutors say

A Carpentersville man found guilty this week of child sex assault threatened to kill the child’s parents if they ever found out, Kane County prosecutors alleged.Gavino Pineda Sosa, 68, faces up to 30 years in prison. He’s expected to be sentenced by Judge Donald Tegeler on Dec. 15.He was found guilty by a Kane County jury on Oct. 27. Pineda Sosa remains in custody at the Kane County Jail, according to the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office. Pineda Sosa was prosecuted by Assistant State’s Attorneys Jacqueline Kliment and Tyler Cox.Following the verdict, Kliment commended the victim for showing bravery by coming forward.“No child should have to endure the pain of keeping such a terrible secret for so many years,” Kliment said in the release.The jury determined that in 2014, Pineda Sosa sexually assaulted a child under the age of 13 while he was supervising them. Pineda Sosa told the child that he would kill their parents if they ever found out about the assault, the Kane County State’