‘Unusually bad case’: Va. man gets 6 life sentences for drugging, raping underage girls

A Woodbridge, Virginia, man who pleaded guilty to drugging and raping teenage girls is getting six life sentences, according to Prince William County Commonwealth’s Attorney Amy Ashworth.

Judge Kimberly Irving also sentenced Balmore Ortiz Guardado, 36, to 215 years of incarceration, with 179 years suspended.

The sentencing guidelines recommended a range of 35 to 86 years for the charges, but Irving went beyond the range because of “the violence of the crimes, the number of victims and the effect (of the crimes) on the victims...