Last week, a judge sentenced a Dauphin County man to 60-120 years in state prison for r@p!ng two spa workers at gunpoint in Lancaster County in 2024.

Christopher A. Rivera, 38, of Middletown, was convicted of two counts of robbery, rape, forcible compulsion, and involuntary deviate sexual intercourse forcible compulsion, as well as four counts of $£×ual a$$ault, according to Lancaster County District Attorney Heather Adams.

The DA’s Office stated that on August 27, 2024, Rivera held the victims at gunpoint with a pellet gun inside a Penn Township spa on the 1200 block of Lancaster Road. 

According to authorities, Rivera demanded money from the victims before r@p!ng them in a massage room after receiving more than $800 in store proceeds. 

Rivera was captured on surveillance footage pointing a pellet gun at the victims before forcing them into a massage room and fleeing as police arrived, according to the DA’s Office.

A Northern Lancaster County Regional Police officer arrived at the scene shortly after 8 p.m. and shot Rivera, who was fleeing while still holding the pellet gun, which the DA’s Office described as a handgun. Adams later concluded that the officer was justified in shooting at Rivera.

Fritz Haverstick, an assistant district attorney, prosecuted the case. Lancaster County Detective Brent Shultz filed the charges.