A 35-year-old Santa Rosa man is anticipated to spend the remainder of his life in jail after being sentenced for the 2023 rape and assault of a girl he met at an area bar.
A jury convicted Devin Patrick Dwyer in April, and Choose Kenneth Gnoss sentenced him Oct. 2 to 30 years to life in jail for rape, in accordance with the Sonoma County District Legal professional’s Workplace. He obtained an extra 9 years and 4 months for associated fees.
“Mr. Dwyer dedicated unspeakable acts in opposition to the sufferer and has greater than earned this jail sentence,” District Legal professional Carla Rodriguez mentioned in an announcement. “We’re grateful to the jury for serving on such a tough case, and for rendering a simply verdict.”
Prosecutors say Dwyer and the lady met by way of a mutual at The Whiskey Tip bar in Santa Rosa in March 2023. The group spent the weekend collectively earlier than Dwyer invited the lady to his residence Sunday. There he threatened, assaulted and falsely imprisoned her for hours earlier than “brutally raping her in his bed room,” in accordance with prosecutors.
She escaped and sought assist from a neighbor, who referred to as police. Officers arrived to search out her crying and visibly bruised, authorities mentioned.
The 12-day trial ended with Dwyer’s conviction on fees of rape, assault, false imprisonment and making prison threats. Jurors additionally discovered true allegations that he certain and tied the lady in the course of the assault.
Prosecutors mentioned the prolonged sentence additionally displays Dwyer’s prior felony conviction for home violence inflicting nice bodily harm.
