A Gainesville man has been charged with ongoing sexual assaults of three young female victims.
Hall County Sheriff's Office officials said Thursday Ricardo Paniagua, 57, faces felony charges of aggravated sodomy, aggravated child molestation and child molestation in connection to the assaults.
He faces a single count for each charge on each victim for a total of nine felony charges. Hall County Sheriff’s Office Investigators determined the assaults began in 2008 and continued until 2014.
Each victim was under the age of 10 when she was first assaulted and suffered sexual assaults for approximately two years. The crimes were first reported to HCSO on November 15, 2023.
Paniagua and the victims are known to one another. Paniagua was booked into the Hall County Jail on Wednesday, December 13. He remained held without bond at the time of this published report.
