30 Years for Rapist Who Tried to Pay Parents Hush Money

A Sarasota man will spend the next 30 years in prison followed by a lifetime of sex offender probation after his November conviction in an October 2013 rape.

Brian Lacy, 33, was sentenced Monday, WFTV.com reported.

Lacy stood accused of raping the girl as she was on her way home from school, the station reported.

He was ultimately convicted of lewd and lascivious battery on a child and of witness tampering, the Sarasota Herald-Tribune reported. At the time of the attack, Lacy was already a designated sex offender, who failed to register his address with authorities.

Following the attack, Lacy told the teen to stay quiet, WFTV reported. The girl complied for a few days, but ultimately told her mother.

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When Lacy was confronted by the girl’s family, he offered them $10,000 to not tell police, the Herald-Tribune reported.

Lacy has a lengthy history as a sex offender and was ultimately sentenced as a habitual felony offender and prison release reoffender, the paper noted. He will now be designated as a sexual predator by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. That agency maintains a searchable database of offenders and predators throughout the state, which can be accessed online.

Photo credit: Brian Lacy/Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office