A Red Lake man was sentenced to 239 months in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release for aggravated sexual assault, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger.
According to court documents, on Nov.r 7, 2020, John Paul Sayers, 30, stopped his truck beside a person described in court records as “Victim A” who was walking on the road. Sayers offered her a ride, but instead of taking Victim A to her destination, Sayers drove her to a camper located on a property near a hemp shop where Sayers worked.
When Victim A resisted Sayers’s sexual advances, he hit and strangled her until she passed out, then raped her. Victim A left the camper after the rape and began walking 20 miles back into town. As part of his guilty plea, Sayers also admitted to unlawful sexual contact with another person.
Sayers pleaded guilty on April 20 to one count of aggravated sexual assault. He was sentenced Aug. 30 in U.S. District Court by Judge Eric C. Tostrud.
The case was the result of an investigation by the FBI, the Red Lake Tribal Police Department and the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
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Assistant U.S. Attorney Emily Polachek prosecuted the case.
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