SANTA ANA, Calif.—A 69-year-old man was sentenced this week to a year in jail for taking lewd photos of a girl at a beach in Newport Beach and a year later assaulting three other girls.
Joel Evan Shankman pleaded guilty Oct. 6 to four counts of annoying or molesting a child younger than 18 with a prior conviction, attempting to use a minor to perform sex acts, all felonies, and a misdemeanor count of sexual exploitation of a child, according to court records. He was sentenced Dec. 6 to a year in jail and two years of formal probation.
