After hearing all the states evidence against him, Richard T. Mays, 48, pled guilty late Thursday afternoon to two counts of statutory rape. A Judge sentenced him to serve 40 years in prison.The states evidence showed Mays preyed on troubled teenage girls- primarily through MySpace. In late 2005, two girls, aged 14 & 15, came forward and said they had been raped and physically assaulted by Richard Mays from 2004-2005.
Mays went to the teenagers homes several times while their parents weren't home and sexually assaulted the girls- with physical violence involved.
On November 3, 2005, Mays was arrested and charged with ten counts of statutory rape, seven counts of indecent liberties with a minor, solicitation of a child by computer, two counts of second degree sexual exploitation of a minor and two counts of third degree sexual exploitation of a minor.
One of the Jurors in the case e-mailed me this morning and said, "He was much more than just a statutory rapist. He is pure evil."