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Aug 29, 2025

Rupert Cruz, a 65-year-old previously convicted sex offender with a history of first-degree rape and multiple failed sex offender registrations, was sentenced to 15 years in prison and 10 years of post-release supervision for raping a 34-year-old woman. In June