Man staying with 13-year-old's family rapes her, gives her Plan B, Florida cops say
A judge sentenced 34-year-old Robert McGuire Jr. to 18 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual battery upon a person 12 to 18 involving threat of retaliation, the Florida State Attorney's Office for the Fifth Judicial Circuit announced Feb. 26.
McGuire's attorney declined to comment to McClatchy News.
McGuire had been living in the family's spare room for about six months when a teen girl told her teachers one Monday in October 2021 that McGuire had raped her twice in the last two days, deputies with the Hernando County Sheriff's Office wrote in an arrest affidavit.
When deputies spoke to one of the teachers, she said the teen shared that 'this was happening just about every weekend' when McGuire would drink, according to the affidavit.
The teen specifically referenced incidents from two separate nights over the weekend, deputies said. McGuire is accused of entering her room, choking her until she couldn't breathe and raping her, then threatening to kill her if she ever told anyone.
The teen said she told McGuire 'someone would find out,' but he said if he went to prison he would kill her when he got out, according to deputies.
A day after the second incident, the teen said McGuire gave her a Plan B pill and she took it, deputies said.
One witness noted the teen had been quiet for a few days before the girl shared what happened during the car ride on the way home from school, according to investigators. The girl's parents reported it to law enforcement.
Investigators obtained footage from a CVS showing McGuire buying the morning after pill, and DNA evidence implicated him in the crimes, prosecutors said.
After initially pleading not guilty, McGuire kicked off a three-year legal process before eventually changing his plea Feb. 20, records show.
Hernando County is about a 75-mile drive west from Orlando.
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