Man sentenced to 8 years, faces deportation after pleading guilty to raping teen
Jose Tovilla-Lopez gave girl alcohol, prosecutors say
Updated: 6:20 PM EDT Jun 2, 2017
Megan Mitchell
BATAVIA, Ohio —
A man has been sentenced to serve eight years in prison after he pleaded guilty to rape Friday.
Jose Tovilla-Lopez, 47, is accused of raping a 15-year-old girl. He is also in the country illegally, prosecutors said, and faces deportation when he is released from jail.
“This is life-changing. My daughter has to live with this the rest of her life, as we all do,” said the mother.
The mother of the 15-year-old rape victim calls the eight-year prison sentence “a slap on the wrist” for a horrific crime such as this one.
Tovilla-Lopez received his sentence as he pleaded guilty to one count of rape.
“This is a felony of the first degree. A period of imprisonment of eight years mandatory,” said Judge Victor M. Haddad.
Clermont County Prosecutor Scott O’Reilly said Tovilla-Lopez was friends with the victim’s family.
"There was an extensive amount of alcohol that was consumed that night by the defendant, and the victim in this case was given alcohol by the defendant,” said O'Reilly.
Tovilla-Lopez then forcibly raped the 15-year-old victim, who struggled to stop the sexual assault.
The mother of the victim said this has turned her family’s world upside down.
“It's just gone from bad to worse. My husband takes off when the kids were in school and picks them up so he makes sure they're safe. He sets his alarm every night every hour on the hour to make sure the household's safe,” said the mother.
Prosecutors said Tovilla-Lopez was in the United States illegally, had previously been deported and stole the Social Security number of a 69-year-old Arkansas woman to obtain work in Ohio.
"As a family and as individuals you get frustrated when you think this could have been prevented if X, Y or Z could have happened. You think, 'If they were not here, this couldn't have happened,'” said O’Reilly.
Tovilla-Lopez will have to serve out that eight-year sentence in the United States before facing possibly deportation.
The prosecutor said now that he has been convicted of the rape charge in Ohio, federal officials and Immigration and Customs Enforcement can take action regarding his immigration status.
http://www.wlwt.com/article/man-sent...g-teen/9967673
Previously Deported Illegal Alien Convicted of Raping 15-Year-Old
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by JOHN BINDER
6 Jun 2017
Batavia, OH
A previously deported illegal alien was convicted and sentenced for raping a 15-year-old girl in Batavia, Ohio.
Jose Tovilla-Lopez, 41, was sentenced to eight years in prison for first-degree rape after he re-entered the United States after already being deported, according to WCPO News.
According to prosecutors, Tovilla-Lopez was working in the U.S. under a stolen Social Security number that belonged to a 69-year-old Arkansas woman.
One night, while at the victims’ family home, Tovilla-Lopez had been drinking heavily and even gave the victim alcohol as well.
Later that night, the illegal alien raped the 15-year-old girl as she tried to fend him off. Prosecutors said she left scratch marks on Tovilla-Lopez, showing her struggle. Soon after, Tovilla-Lopez fled the home and was arrested the following day.
“As a family and as individuals you get frustrated when you think this could have been prevented if X, Y or Z could have happened. You think, ‘If they were not here, this couldn’t have happened,'” Clermont County Prosecutor Scott O’Reilly told WLWT News.
http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/...g-15-year-old/
