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Rapist Dead-Bolted Facebook Date Inside Her Own Maryland Apartment - Now He's Locked Away
A man who preyed on a woman he met through social media will spend decades in prison after raping his would-be date, the Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office announced on Wednesday.
Silver Spring resident Rome Hill, 32, was sentenced on Tuesday to life in prison with all but 30 years suspended after persuading his victim to meet him after just two days, then assaulting her at gunpoint in September 2020.
At the time Hill reached out to his future victim, she was a stranger to him, prosecutors said.
According to court documents, on Sept. 9, 2020, "CC," the victim, and Hill were comple…