SECOND STRIKER CONVICTED AND SENTENCED TO 44 YEARS AND FOUR MONTHS IN STATE PRISON FOR FORCIBLY RAPING 21-YEAR-OLD WOMAN

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Case # 13CF3815

Date: September 25, 2017

SECOND STRIKER CONVICTED AND SENTENCED TO 44 YEARS AND FOUR MONTHS IN STATE PRISON FOR FORCIBLY RAPING 21-YEAR-OLD WOMAN

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A second striker was convicted and sentenced to 44 years and four months in state prison for forcibly raping a woman who offered to give him a ride home from the grocery store.

Defendant	Charges	Sentence
Michael Curtis Hernandez, 41, Tustin	Pleaded guilty on Sept. 22, 2017, to the following felony counts:   (4) Forcible oral copulation (2) Forcible rape Sodomy by force Sexual penetration by foreign object and force False imprisonment by violence or deceit   Sentencing Enhancements Prior strike conviction for kidnapping in Riverside County in 2003	44 years and four months in state prison   Mandatory lifetime sex offender registration

Circumstances of the Case

• At approximately 6:20 p.m. on Dec. 1, 2013, Hernandez approached 21-year-old Jane Doe, who was walking out of a grocery store in Orange, and asked her for a ride home.
• Jane Doe agreed to drive Hernandez to his home in Tustin.
• When Jane Doe arrived to the defendant’s home, Hernandez forced the victim inside and repeatedly sexually assaulted her.
• At approximately 3:00 a.m., the victim was able to escape and reported the sexual assault to the Tustin Police Department (TPD), who investigated this case.
• TPD arrested Hernandez on Dec. 5, 2013.

Deputy District Attorney Rebecca Reed of the Sexual Assault Unit prosecuted this case.