A man who attacked and sexually assault a 16-year-old girl in the parking lot of the Lone Tree Library was sentenced today to 336 years in prison.
The man, 27-year-old Scott James Sylvia, was found guilty in June of kidnapping, sexual assault, aggravated robbery, and two counts of second-degree assault. He was also convicted of retaliation against a witness or victim and first-degree criminal trespass, according to a release from the Douglas County District Attorney.
During the sentencing hearing, Judge Paul King told Sylvia that the crimes he committed against the 16-year-old were “unimaginable.”
“The crime that you committed on the victim was brutal,” the release quoted King as saying. “I cannot imagine the horror she must have felt when you sexually assaulted her.”
The attack happened in the parking lot between the library and the Cook Creek pool about 5:10 p.m. on July 7, 2008.
The teenager called police about 5:30 p.m. saying she had been assaulted in her car.
Sylvia was arrested five days later after he was identified from library surveillance photographs and from DNA.
The Douglas County district attorney’s office said that Sylvia pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity but was found sane by the jury.
Howard Pankratz: 303-954-1939 or hpankratz@denverpost.com.
