75 Years For Serial Rapist Who Set Fire To Victim's Home

INDIANAPOLIS -- A 22-year-old serial rapist will serve 75 years in prison for his more than two week crime spree in 2015.

Jacquese Chaney was sentenced Thursday after being found guilty in November to 20 counts that included rape, attempted rape, robbery, burglary and arson charges — all stemming from a 17-day period in November 2015.

“What is effectively a life sentence is the consequence for such violent and predatory behavior in our community," said Marion County Prosecutor Terry Curry. “We commend the survivors who reported these crimes and cooperated in the prosecution of this defendant. Their courage to come forward in all likelihood stopped an episode of violence that would have victimized others.”

Police say Chaney committed three sexual assaults and robberies between the 4000 and 4400 blocks of North High School Road in Indianapolis. He also stole a key from one of the assault victims and used it to burglarize his or her apartment before lighting it on fire.

"On two separate occasions, Chaney was captured on surveillance footage in possession of items that were stolen during two of the assaults," Marion County officials said, in a news release. "An anonymous tip led to investigators identifying Chaney as the suspect."

Chaney is currently serving a six-year sentence in the Indiana Department of Correction after pleading guilty to his role in an unrelated robbery at Community North Hospital in December 2015.