ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) – A St. Louis man was sentenced to 10 years in prison after previously being found guilty of raping a woman he met on Facebook.
Otoniel Gomez, 42, was found guilty by a St. Louis jury in October 2024 of second-degree rape, two felony counts of third-degree assault and one misdemeanor count of kidnapping.
Prosecutors said Gomez brought the woman he had been talking to on social media to his apartment in January 2023. The woman said she felt weak and was having problems forming memories after he gave her a drink. She said that Gomez assaulted, raped and choked her until she passed out…