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Camarillo man gets 6-year prison term for rape
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More from CourtsA judge Thursday sentenced a Camarillo man to six years in prison for raping an intoxicated woman.
In addition, Superior Court Judge Alan Steele gave David Snyder two more years to serve for unrelated crimes: identity theft, drug possession and a probation violation. The 32-year-old man was on probation for car theft.
The sentences will run consecutively, which means he must serve one sentence before he can begin serving the next.
Steele also ordered Snyder to pay restitution, register as a sex offender and provide a blood sample so he can be tested for the AIDS virus. Judges routinely order blood tests for sex offenders. The test results are given to victims.
On April 3, a jury found Snyder guilty of rape. Another defendant, Jose Vasquez, 37, of Ventura, pleaded guilty in 2006 to sexual battery and was sentenced to three years in prison.
Senior Deputy District Attorney Theresa Pollara said the victim, a Ventura woman in her early 20s, was repeatedly raped in 2005.
On Nov. 20, 2005, Pollara said, the victim was lured out of her house on a pretext by a male friend and Vasquez, who said they were going to street races. Instead, the male friend and Vasquez took her to Snyder's residence, where a party was being held, according to Pollara.
The victim became heavily intoxicated and wanted to go home, according to Pollara. She was driven by her male friend and Vasquez to a gas station in Ventura. Her friend drove away, and Vasquez called Snyder, who drove up in his van, Pollara said.
Vasquez and Snyder told the victim they would take her home, but instead they drove her back to Snyder's house, the prosecutor said. "They raped her all evening and into the morning," said Pollara.
Pollara said people are asking for trouble when they have sex with a person who is even slightly intoxicated. "A drunken person cannot legally give consent," she said.
The male friend wasn't charged, said Pollara.
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