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22-year-old sentenced to 75 years for rapes, robberies 2 years ago

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A 22-year-old man convicted of multiple criminal charges related to three rapes and robberies in 2015 has been sentenced to 75 years in prison, Marion County prosecutors said.

Jacquese Chaney of Indianapolis was found guilty of 20 counts including rape, attempted rape, robbery, burglary and srson at a court trial in November. He was sentenced Thursday.

In a 17-day period in November 2015, Chaney committed three sexual assaults and robberies between the 4000 and 4400 blocks of North High School Road. Following one incident, Chaney entered into a victim’s apartment using a key taken during the assault and stole items from inside before setting fire to the apartment. On two separate occasions, Chaney was captured on surveillance footage in possession of items that were stolen during two of the assaults. An anonymous tip led to investigators identifying Chaney as the suspect.

In addition to the 75-year sentence in this case, Chaney is serving a six-year sentence in prison after pleading guilty to his role in an unrelated robbery at Community North Hospital in December 2015.

“What is effectively a life sentence is the consequence for such violent and predatory behavior in our community,” Prosecutor Terry Curry said in a statement. “We commend the survivors who reported these crimes and cooperated in the prosecution of this defendant. Their courage to come forward in all likelihood stopped an episode of violence that would have victimized others.”

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