SLATINGTON, Pa. — A Lehigh County man was sentenced Friday to decades in prison after pleading guilty to raping and falsely imprisoning a woman in Slatington.
Tristan Zawick, 23, of Whitehall Township, was sentenced Friday to serve 10 to 20 years in state prison with five years of consecutive probation upon his release, according to the Lehigh County District Attorney’s Office.
He will have to register the rest of his life under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act.
Zawick pleaded guilty in February to charges of Rape, Conspiracy to Commit Rape, False Imprisonment, Strangulation and Conspiracy to False Imprisonment, according to court paperwork.
Also charged in the case is Jacquan Tanasse, 19, of Catasauqua.
Tanasse is scheduled to be sentenced and a hearing to determine whether he is a Sexually-Violent Predator on Aug. 26, according to the DA’s office.
Just before 7 p.m. on Feb. 7, 2025, Slatington Police were called to a home in the 200 block of Walnut Street, the DA’s office said.
A 17-year-old female told police Tanasse and Zawick had raped her in the basement of the home, according to authorities.
The victim told police the two men physically restrained her, wrapped a cord around her wrists and stuffed a shirt in her mouth to silence her, officials said.
Both men raped the victim, according to the DA’s office.
She also told police that during the assault, Tanasse choked her.
Police said the victim had injuries consistent with being restrained and choked after the attack and rape, authorities said.
This case was investigated by Lehigh County District Attorney’s Special Victims Unit Detective Thomas Galloway and Slatington Police.