Man gets 127 years in prison on multiple sexual assault charges
RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - A man has been sentenced to 127 years in prison on multiple sexual assault charges, including rape.
Justin Harvey, of Colonial Heights, was sentenced on June 24 following a jury trial.
Here is the following sentence for each of the charges:
- Statutory burglary - 20 years
- Statutory burglary - 20 years
- Filming a nonconsenting nude person - 1 year
- Filming a nonconsenting nude person - 1 year
- Malicious wounding - 20 years
- Aggravated Sexual Battery - 10 years
- Aggravated Sexual Battery - 15 years
- Rape - 40 years
The charges stem from incidents that happened in May of 2018.
On May 5, 2018, police said he broke into an apartment on Park Avenue and assaulted a woman.
However on May 6, 2018, the night after the Park Avenue assault, Richmond police say Harvey broke into an apartment in the 1000 block of Grove Avenue where he raped a woman inside.
Harvey has a long history of charges related to sexual assault which stem back all the way to 2012.
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