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8.5 Year Prison Sentence for Man Convicted of Sexually Assaulting Teen

8.5 Year Prison Sentence for Man Convicted of Sexually Assaulting Teen

Devardrick Antoine Bell, 28, has been sentenced to 8.5 years in prison for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl nearly a decade ago. 

Detectives used a DNA sample to identify Bell as the man who raped the victim at knifepoint after following her inside her home in October of 2011.

Pursuant to a plea agreement, Bell will serve 8.5 years in prison followed by two years of sex-offender probation. He will be designated as a sex offender.

Assistant State Attorney Sasha Kidney prosecuted the case.

 


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