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Man Sentenced To 200 Years For Drugging, Raping Men
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| 1-27-2006
Posted on 01/28/2006 1:03:44 PM PST by Cagey
TAMPA, Fla. -- A Tampa man convicted in federal court of drugging and raping nine young men was sentenced to the maximum 200 years in prison Friday.
Two of the victims of Steven Lorenzo ended up dead, and he is likely to face murder charges in state court later.
"I hope that he never sees the light of day again," said U.S. District Judge Richard A. Lazzara after the sentencing.
A jury in November found Lorenzo, 46, guilty of slipping the date rape drug, GHB, into the drinks of all nine victims and then sexually torturing them at his home.
Michael Wachholtz and Jason Galehouse, both 26, were killed. The other seven victims all testified about meeting Lorenzo at bars and either losing track of their drinks or having Lorenzo serve them drinks before they lost consciousness.
The men woke up naked and in pain, some remembering bondage or forced sex, and others having almost no memory of what happened.
Lorenzo's attorney argued that the sex acts were consensual.
Prosecutors said Lorenzo teamed up with Scott Schweickert, a Chicago man he met online, to fulfill their ultimate fantasy by killing Wachholtz and Galehouse.
Galehouse was killed and dismembered by Schweickert and Lorenzo on Dec. 19, 2003, after the three engaged in sex, an indictment said. Schweickert told federal agents he and Lorenzo cut up the body, put the pieces in garbage bags and scattered them in trash bins throughout the city.
The next night, Lorenzo and Schweickert allegedly drugged, raped and killed Wachholtz, wrapping him a bed sheet and leaving him in his Jeep, according to the indictment. The vehicle was discovered Jan. 6, 2004.
Investigators found on Lorenzo's computer hundreds of thousands of images, including photographs of Wachholtz's dead body taken at Lorenzo's house hours after he was last seen.
Galehouse's DNA was found in a large pool of blood in the dirt beneath the cobblestone floor of Lorenzo's garage.
Schweickert will face a federal trial later.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: brokeback; gaydaterape; gays; gaytorture; healthmenace; homophobia; homosexualagenda; homosexualpredator; homosexualtorture; mentalillness; notnatural; notnormal
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About now, he's probably wishing he did these crimes in Vermont.
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posted on
01/28/2006 1:03:45 PM PST
by
Cagey
To: Cagey
What a monster. May God have mercy on his soul. May he see the truth of his actions, and repent.
2
posted on
01/28/2006 1:05:52 PM PST
by
Pyro7480
(Sancte Joseph, terror daemonum, ora pro nobis!)
To: Pyro7480
He doesn't deserve mercy. He deserves to die a slow & painful death & spend eternity in hell.
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posted on
01/28/2006 1:09:25 PM PST
by
Feiny
(Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing.)
To: Pyro7480
Amen! May his victims be enjoying the Beatific Vision
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posted on
01/28/2006 1:09:41 PM PST
by
Talking_Mouse
(Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just... Thomas Jefferson)
To: Cagey
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posted on
01/28/2006 1:10:47 PM PST
by
NormsRevenge
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To: Cagey
My friend is a street cop in downtown SF. He told me all the realllly gross murders --where the victim has his privates bitten off, or blood sloshed around everywhere, whatever -- are done by gay males.
It's cuz one guy feels betrayed, and really, really honked off about it, and that's the way he finally solves the problem.
You can't publish any of that in the papers, though, cuz in SF they're a really powerful consituency, and you'll have people saying you're "intolerant", which is the kiss of death.
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posted on
01/28/2006 1:11:22 PM PST
by
gaijin
To: Cagey
Hmmmm?? Homosexual acts of torture .. no wonder the OLD MEDIA is ignoring this.
After all .. it's only straight white guys who rape and kill black women that gets their attention.
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posted on
01/28/2006 1:12:41 PM PST
by
CyberAnt
( I believe Congressman Curt Weldon re Able Danger)
To: Cagey
It's about gay sex. We straight, white males are clueless and should have no opinion.
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posted on
01/28/2006 1:12:55 PM PST
by
Glenn
(What I've dared, I've willed; and what I've willed, I'll do!)
To: Cagey
Investigators found on Lorenzo's computer hundreds of thousands of images, including photographs of Wachholtz's dead body taken at Lorenzo's house hours after he was last seen. May Lorenzo's ears soon be turned into potato chips and I'm hoping they catch on fire.
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posted on
01/28/2006 1:13:11 PM PST
by
winston2
(In matters of necessity let there be unity, in matters of doubt liberty, and in all things charity.)
To: NormsRevenge
Sparky awaits.. I hope they bring him to court for the murder charges and that should do the trick.
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posted on
01/28/2006 1:13:19 PM PST
by
Cagey
("For God's sake, keep by your officers!" ............General George Washington)
To: Cagey
In Queer Mafia-controlled Vermont and Massachusetts, he would have done 60 days and then received "treatment."
To: feinswinesuksass
As long as he is alive, he has a chance to repent of his crimes. He has to answer to justice, but he still has a chance to save his soul. With God, all things are possible.
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posted on
01/28/2006 1:13:30 PM PST
by
Pyro7480
(Sancte Joseph, terror daemonum, ora pro nobis!)
To: Cagey
This is in Florida. Why didn't the prosecutor go for the death penalty I wonder.
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posted on
01/28/2006 1:14:12 PM PST
by
eastforker
(Under Cover FReeper going dark(too much 24))
To: Cagey
The question remains.....
Do we have more sickos than we used to?
Are they just reported more?
Or are they better organized?
Anyway it seems that they care about getting caught less and less. People like this can not be reformed, and a deadly threat must be removed from society.
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posted on
01/28/2006 1:15:00 PM PST
by
Hawk1976
(Ideas got Republicans into office, new ideas will help keep them there.)
To: Cagey
The question remains.....
Do we have more sickos than we used to?
Are they just reported more?
Or are they better organized?
Anyway it seems that they care about getting caught less and less. People like this can not be reformed, and a deadly threat must be removed from society.
15
posted on
01/28/2006 1:15:00 PM PST
by
Hawk1976
(Ideas got Republicans into office, new ideas will help keep them there.)
To: Cagey
Also, why was this in Federal court and not state court.
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posted on
01/28/2006 1:15:35 PM PST
by
eastforker
(Under Cover FReeper going dark(too much 24))
To: eastforker
They haven't tried him for any capital crimes yet.
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posted on
01/28/2006 1:15:35 PM PST
by
Cagey
("For God's sake, keep by your officers!" ............General George Washington)
To: Cagey
The men woke up naked and in pain, some remembering bondage or forced sex, and others having almost no memory of what happened. Lorenzo's attorney argued that the sex acts were consensual. You can't make this stuff up.
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posted on
01/28/2006 1:15:53 PM PST
by
Tall_Texan
(The Democrat Party - emboldened by Hamas to combine terrorism with politics.)
To: Pyro7480
I doubt that anyone capable of such atrocities HAS a soul at all.
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posted on
01/28/2006 1:16:24 PM PST
by
derllak
To: NormsRevenge
Sparky awaits..
A most Just and Rightous idea NR.
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posted on
01/28/2006 1:17:35 PM PST
by
MNJohnnie
(Is there a satire god who created Al Gore for the sole purpose of making us laugh?)
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