Christopher A. Rivera, 38, of Middletown Borough, was found guilty by a Lancaster County jury after a three-day trial on two counts each of robbery, rape by forcible compulsion, and involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, along with four counts of sexual assault. The jury deliberated for less than two hours before returning a guilty verdict on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025.
Assistant District Attorney Fritz Haverstick, who prosecuted the case, told jurors Rivera “gave two women a choice – you can be raped or you can be murdered.”
“That’s the nightmare [Rivera] put them through,” Haverstick said, explaining that Rivera entered the Calm Spa in the Penn Town Shopping Center, located in the 1200 block of Lancaster Road in Penn Township, at about 8:20 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024…