DETECTIVES BUST ANOTHER LOWLIFE

WCPD detectives investigated a report of a sexual assault and possible kidnapping attempt from four years ago, according the Daily Local News. As of this morning a suspect was identified and happens to be a guest of the taxpayers of this Commonwealth at the Camp Hill Hilton...

Alex Villa, 25, of West Chester, faces two counts of Simple Assault, and one count of Terroristic Threats, one count of Kidnapping for Ransom, one count of Kidnapping to Facilitate a Felony, two counts of Rape, two counts of Involuntary Deviant Sexual Assault, four counts of robbery, one count of Robbery of a Motor Vehicle, one count of Theft by Unlawful Taking, and one count of Recieving Stolen Property. Villa was committed to Chester County Prison in lieu of $25,000 bail following an arraignment this morning; his preliminary hearing is scheduled for next Tuesday in front of Judge Bruno (15-1-01, CR-0000187-07).

The charges stem from an incident on May 31, 2003 at High & Market Streets. At around 04:00, the victim was stopped at a red light when a suspect wearing a baseball cap got into her vehicle. At that point, the victim was assaulted; when she attempted to call 9-1-1, the actor damaged the phone and threw it out of the car. He had also made threatening gestures towards her implying that he would kill her. After the attack, the victim got out of her car to get aid from a passing motorist, at which point the actor fled in her car, which, along with the baseball cap, was recovered the following day.

At the time, WCPD submitted a DNA sample to the State Police lab at Lima to attempt to identify a possible suspect, which was unsuccessful until a few months ago...

On March 6, Villa pled guilty to two counts of Possession of a Controlled Substance With Intent to Deliver in a case filed at 15-1-01 on October 9, 2006 filed by the WCPD Narcotics Unit and the Chester County Joint Municipal Drug Task Force. Judge Howard F. Riley, Jr. sentenced Villa to 5-to-23 months in CCP on the first count and to a 2-to-4 year SCI term to be served consecutive to the county term on the second count; Villa was given credit for time served on the first count and was immediately paroled into the SCI system (CP-15-CR-0004633-2007). Because of the felony conviction, Villa was required to submit a DNA sample to the state database. It was Villa's DNA sample that reportedly matched the DNA found in the baseball cap which led police to SCI Camp Hill to interview Villa.

Villa's preliminary hearing is tentatively scheduled for Tuesday in front of Judge Bruno.