Report: Wheaton, Bethesda Home Invasion Rapist Sentenced

By Laura Thornton

The man who terrorized a Wheaton woman and her infant at gunpoint on Jan. 10, 2012, was sentenced earlier this month to life in prison plus 220 years, The Washington Post reported.

At the July 2 sentencing, Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge David A. Boynton said the "only appropriate sentence" for Kevin Darnell Ray—who has committed several other crimes, including in Bethesda and Temple Hills—"was one without the possibility of freedom," The Post reported.

Ray, a 34-year-old registered sex offender from Fort Washington, confessed to his crimes earlier this year, Patch reported.

Last January, Ray approached a woman and her child in the garage at their home in Wheaton. He locked them in a closet, before stealing cash and driving off in the woman's car.

The attack in Wheaton was part of a violent three-day crime spree, according to reports.

The following day, Ray forced himself into a Bethesda home. After tying up the homeowner and her 14-year-old son, Ray sexually assaulted their housekeeper in a bathroom after threatening her with a gun, blindfolding her and holding a pair of scissors to her neck, Assistant State's Attorney Peter Feeney said. Ray then forced the housekeeper into a shower and attempted to wash away evidence, Patch reported. 

The housekeeper now is afraid of showers and running water, WUSA 9 reported (see video at this link).

A day after the Bethesda attack, Ray approached a woman warming up her car outside her Temple Hills home, forced her into the home, had another resident of the home tie up the other residents, and then raped the woman twice, in two different rooms, WUSA 9 reported.

Ray's criminal activities stretch back to the mid-1990s, Patch reported.

Read more about Ray's sentencing on The Washington Post's website. Watch a video report on the sentencing on WUSA 9's website.