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.
Oh... I don't know about that. Remember the blonde Nathalie Halloway that disappeared in Aruba? Do you think that amount of publicity would have happened if it had been an African-American or Hispanic girl? Would Greta Van Susteren have spent weeks talking about the case?
Another point of order.
The poster was responding to Feinwein who had said the rapist deserved hell. I was supporting Feinwein's comment.
Well, I don't disagree there. :-)
200 / 9 = 22+ years per man. Not bad.
Frankly, I don't really want any sexual acts of torture blasted all over TV and News.
You just did.
evil.
I can think of a lot more people than this hideous butcher who needs my prayers.
God will someday decide this crown prince of hell's ultimate fate. God is a loving judge, but he is also a God of justice. It cannot be otherwise. There is not at present one inkling of repentance in this man.
If this man repents and I say a big IF, he would become a man so filled with goodness and the presence of God and the Spirit that he would demand that he receive whatever punishment would be due him and would show proof of this attitude. He would become a man of tremendous service to the kingdom of God.
When the Lord brings a man out of great sin, He does it to glorify Himself and the kingdom, and to demonstrate glorious power. I am an alcoholic, and was once a thief and a liar, but God changed me. I am not saying God will not change this man, but right now that hasn't happened.
Thieves, murderers, all sinners can be changed, but they must be made different. Otherwise this is so much empty theology and wasted compassion. If we took the attitude of some here we wouldn't punish anybody. This man deserves execution for his crimes. May he be judged by the Most High God, as soon as possible. That is my request. If God find him innocent, so be it.
I figured it was only a matter of time when homosexuals would stoop as low as heterosexual rapists......
However, those pushing the agenda of non-punishment (have reportedly made strides in Vermont and Minnesota) also for other states, call it "restorative justice" - I had never heard of it until O'Reilly reported this.
So the man's actual crime was violating the drug laws? That's like, well, convicting Al Capone of tax evasion; it's rather off the main point.
After all .. it's only straight white guys who rape and kill black women that gets their attention.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
I understand that this is sarcasm but I have a question. Do you actually know of a case like that? I can't remember a single one.
"Dope Choke Mountain"....sounds like an Oscar winner to me.
Wow, either Lorenzo killed them (as a result of his torture) or they didn't die at his hands. They didn't just 'end up dead', as a fluke.
Because of the homosexuality, that's why the MSM "ignored it."
The "Decriminalizing criminal behavior" Agenda.
Either that or the "Special Castro/Soros/OBL/Abbas/Chavez/SimYong Plan" to (further) Harm America" Agenda.
That's correct - but they are the only kind the Old Media will pay attention to. That's the point!
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