A Forest County man was sentenced Thursday in Lehigh County Court to 50-100 years in state prison for raping a homeless woman in Allentown in 2022.
Felix Javier Pagan, 41, was convicted by a jury in November of rape by threat of forcible compulsion, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse by threat of forcible compulsion and strangulation.
The sentenced imposed by Judge Anna-Kristie M. Marks was the mandatory maximum due to Pagan’s prior convictions for crimes of violence, District Attorney Gavin Holihan said in a statement.
The rape occurred Jan. 13, 2022. Afterward, the woman went to Allentown police and told officers she had been raped at an apartment in the 200 block of North Seventh Street, where Pagan lived at the time.
The woman, who was homeless at the time, told investigators Pagan let her in his home so she could get warm. Pagan then raped and sexually assaulted her. She was able to flee and went immediately to police. Pagan’s DNA was recovered during the investigation, according to the district attorney’s office.
Pagan also faces a hearing to determine whether he meets the legal criteria to be deemed a sexually violent predator under Megan’s Law.