By Stephen Tschida, The Associated Press, April 30, 2015
ROCKVILLE, Md. (WJLA) — A man who plead guilty to raping a woman along a popular walking trail in Montgomery County has been sentenced to 60 years in jail.
The judge presiding over the case said he deviated from guidelines when sentencing Torres because of the brutality of the attack.
Torres, a native of El Salvador who resided in Hyattsville, Maryland, was charged and convicted of first degree rape and robbery for attacking a female in May of last year along a secluded stretch of the Northwest Branch Trail in Silver Spring.
The woman, in her 20s, was grabbed by Torres in broad daylight. He had a knife and repeatedly hit and kicked her before he raped her and fled with her phone.
Detectives were able to apprehend Torres when he was spotted near the scene where the crime took place during the investigation.