Henry Gaston Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for 2010 Rape and Burglary; Santos Lopez Sentenced to 22 Years to Life in Prison for Slashing Two Sisters in 2009
Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., today announced the sentencing of HENRY GASTON, 50, a previously convicted registered sex offender, to 20 years in state prison for breaking into a woman’s apartment on July 12, 2010, raping her, and stealing her property. On November 22, 2011, a jury in State Supreme Court convicted the defendant of Rape in the First Degree, Burglary in the Second Degree, Sex Abuse in the First Degree, Criminal Possession of Stolen Property in the Fourth Degree, and Grand Larceny in the Fourth Degree.