In a recent court ruling, a Sellersville man received a sentence of 12 ½ to 25 years in state prison for the rape of a 15-year-old girl that took place in Quakertown in October of last year. The judgment was delivered by Common Pleas Judge Stephen Corr, who did not mince words in his condemnation of the defendant, 33-year-old Miguel Angel Sanchez, as "despicable." The sentencing occurred after Sanchez entered a no-contest plea to an array of charges including rape, statutory sexual assault, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, and trafficking in individuals on May 20, as reported by Bucks County.
Through his plea, which was entered while acknowledging that the evidence had sufficient weight to convict him at trial, Sanchez will be faced with the realities of incarceration but also with the subsequent shadow of his actions. According to the judgment passed down Monday, he is required, after serving time, to endure 5 years of probation. Following his release, a specter of his past misdeeds will endure in the form of mandatory registration as a sex offender for the duration of his life, an outcome following his classification as a sexually violent predator by the Sex Offender Assessment Board.
The consequences of Sanchez's actions were palpably reflected in the courtroom, as the victim and her mother delivered powerful impact statements. In her testimony, the victim's mother did not shy away from expressing her utter contempt for the man who harmed her daughter, calling Sanchez "pure evil."
