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Bexar County Texas - Med Center Rapist pleads guilty to remaining cases 25 May 2022 ( news )
Bexar County , state Texas ( By Press Release office)
May 25,2022
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The “Med Center Rapist” pled guilty this morning to a Jan . 2017 attack of a local woman inside her apartment .
Anton Harris , 23 , was found guilty of aggravated sexual assault of “Alice Smith . ” Evidence showed Harris approached “Smith” with a gun as she was trying to get into her apartment . Harris ordered the woman into her apartment where he sexually assaulted her while threatening to kill her . Before Harris left the apartment , he robbed Smith by demanding money . She told Harris she had a $100 bill in her car’s glovebox . He returned to the apartment and left the keys . Harris’s fingerprint was found in Smith’s car . DNA also linked Harris to six other victims . All of the crimes happened in apartment complexes in the Medical Center June of 2016 through May of 2017 .
He was sentenced to 35 years in prison for the attack on Smith . Harris was previously sentenced to 99 years in prison in 2020 for another aggravated sexual assault case . That crime happened in May 2017 . The Fourth Court of Appeals affirmed that conviction in April of this year . The remainder of the cases were taken into consideration and dismissed after Harris acknowledged his responsibility pleading true before the court . Harris has no more cases pending in Bexar County .
“This defendant terrorized half a dozen women and left many others in fear during the 12 months he preyed on women in the Medical Center . Now that he has finally taken responsibility for his crimes , I hope these victims all find comfort in knowing that he will never be able to harm them nor will they have to come to court and face him again , ” said Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales .
Assistant District Attorneys Daryl Harris and Alaina Altis prosecuted these cases in the 399
th
District Court . The San Antonio Police Department investigated the crimes .

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