Highland Park Invasion Rapist Sentenced to 20 Years

Date: August 26, 2011
http://www.twincities.com/localnews/ci_20761034/minneapolis-man-charged-robbery-rape-highland-park-sentenced

In a follow up to, I believe, this this August 26, 2011 home invasion, one of the three invaders who was convicted for his role in the invasion received a healthy sentence this past week.

Kimanie Markeys Carter, 25, was one of three men accused of confronting the couple in their early 50s as they returned to their apartment in the 1700 block of Norfolk Avenue about 1 a.m., Aug. 26, according to a criminal complaint.

One man had a gun; the trio forced the couple into their apartment and searched for valuables, the complaint said. Two of the men took the husband to a bank and made him withdraw $500, the complaint said.

While that was happening, Carter stayed in the apartment and raped the wife, according to the complaint.

Carter didn't receive the sentence for the rape charge even though he admitted to doing it. The sentence was based on the burglary charge alone.

Carter pleaded guilty to two counts of kidnapping and one count of first-degree burglary involving an assault, in which he admitted raping the woman, Hudson said.

A rape charge and two first-degree aggravated robbery charges against him were dismissed.

But the 20-year sentence handed down by Judge Lezlie Ott Marek for the burglary charge was the statutory maximum representing a "huge upward departure" from the sentencing guideline of eight years and two months, Hudson said.

Ott said the harsher sentence was justified by the "particular cruelty" and the "more onerous than usual" nature of the crime.

Here's some more reading that includes details about accomplices Rattler and Hogan.