He lured ladies with the promise of a tenting journey to Angeles Nationwide Forest, then assaulted them in a van that he had specifically outfitted for sexual crimes, authorities mentioned.
Eduardo Sarabia was sentenced in a plea deal Friday to greater than 25 years in jail.
Sarabia, 41, pleaded no contest to fees of forcible rape, lewd acts with a minor beneath 14, kidnapping and forcible oral copulation. He was accused final yr of luring two ladies into his van for tenting journeys within the San Gabriel Mountains, solely to sexually assault them within the secluded forest alongside Freeway 39, in keeping with courtroom information and a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Division information launch. Sarabia was arrested on the evening of the second assault, the discharge mentioned.
He additionally pleaded no contest to separate fees for sexual assault in opposition to two youngsters that occurred from 2010 to 2012 within the one case and in 2021 and 2022 within the different. The victims got here ahead after Sarabia was arrested final yr.
The van that Sarabia used to commit the assaults — which investigators known as a “rape dungeon on wheels” — was additionally his dwelling, in keeping with footage from information outlet KTTV.
Behind a metallic partition within the van was a stained mattress, condoms, youngsters’s toys, ropes and miscellaneous home goods, footage confirmed. The van additionally had an exterior lock system that might not be accessed from the within.
A number of victims had been ready to testify in opposition to Sarabia earlier than he pleaded no contest to all fees.
He shall be in jail for 25 years and eight months with out probation. He has served just a little multiple yr of that sentence since his arrest.
