Illegal Gets 18 Months for Rape of Girl, 11

(Anne Arundel County, Maryland) A 30-year-old illegal alien from El Salvador, Danilo Ramirez, pleaded guilty last Friday to second-degree rape of an 11-year-old girl.

"I accept that I am guilty," Ramirez told the court through a translator before apologizing to his victim's family. "I am sorry."

Assistant State's Attorney Pamela Alban said Ramirez had sex with the girl twice in late October and early November. She said Ramirez would knock on the door of the girl's Annapolis home late at night while her father was asleep, the girl would let him in, and the two would have sex in the living room.

"She believed she was in a relationship," Alban said, explaining Ramirez did not physically force himself on the girl.

The relationship ended after someone told the girl's father what was happening. The father - who has four other daughters - called city police, who in turn investigated and arrested Ramirez on Nov. 28.

Alban said the girl knew Ramirez was 30 and that Ramirez knew the girl was 11. She added the girl was both mentally and physically scarred by what happened.

As a result of the guilty plea, Circuit Court Judge Paul A. Hackner sentenced Ramirez to 20 years in prison and then suspended 18 and one-half years. Ramirez will serve the remaining 18 months in the county jail. Afterward, Judge Hackner said he expects that Ramirez will be deported.

Judge Hackner indicated that if Ramirez returns to the U.S. after the "expected" deportation, he'll be in real trouble.