MECKLENBURG COUNTY, N.C. ( QUEEN CITY NEWS ) — A man has been sentenced to 12 years, 2 months, to 24 years, 8 months in prison for rape in 2020, according to the District Attorney’s Office.
On Sept. 9, 2024, 28-year-old Rene Velez Villavicencio was tried for second-degree rape, second-degree forcible rape, second-degree sex offense, and first-degree kidnapping. The jury found him guilty and a judge sentenced him to 146 months to 296 months in prison.
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In the early morning hours of Aug. 15, 2020, the victim was at a birthday party for a friend, according to authorities. At trial, she said she was intoxicated and fell asleep because it wasn’t safe for her to drive home. A few hours later, she woke up and an unknown person, Villavicencio, was lying next to her. The DA’s office says she was sexually assaulted before the suspect left the room.
Officials say the victim eventually gathered herself and was going to drive home, but first went to use a bathroom on the way out. That’s when the same person, Villavicencio, walked in behind her and raped her.