Sentence For 2 Attempted Rapes, Burglaries

PURDYS, NY — A Purdys man convicted by a Westchester County jury received his sentence Tuesday in the attempted rapes that occurred in a Mount Kisco home and a Metro North train station. Westchester County District Attorney Anthony A. Scarpino Jr. said Ronal Danilo Sandoval-Campos, 26, was sentenced to 30 years in state prison related to sex crimes against two victims in northern Westchester in 2016. He will also have to register as a sex offender when he's released from prison.

Sandoval-Campos, who was living in Purdys but was in the U.S. illegally, had been convicted of the following charges:

• Second-degree burglary, a felony
• Second-degree burglary as a sexually motivated offense, a felony
• Two counts of first-degree attempted rape, felonies
• Two counts of third-degree attempted rape, felonies
• Two counts of first-degree sexual abuse, felonies

Scarpino said that, around midnight June 3, 2016, a Mount Kisco woman, 42, was at home asleep in bed when Sandoval-Campos broke into her home, climbed on top of her and sexually attacked her.

During the struggle with him, she took a gray baseball hat off his head as he fled.

The second victim — a 19-year-old woman — arrived at the Purdys Metro North train station around 8 a.m. Aug. 21, 2016, after commuting from New York City.

As she walked through the stairwell and platform heading to the parking lot, she was approached by Sandoval-Campos, who tried to engage her in conversation.

The woman continued walking toward a footpath leading to Route 116, ignoring him.

When she got to the footpath, Sandoval-Campos grabbed her, got her on the ground and began groping her, attempting to remove her clothing as he exposed himself.

Police said a good Samaritan in the parking lot responded to the woman's screams and prevented her from being raped.

Sandoval-Campos ran from the scene, dropping an orange baseball cap he was wearing during the attack.

Authorities said DNA results conducted from each baseball cap recovered from the crime scenes were entered into the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS), and the cases were linked to each other conclusively establishing Sandoval-Campos as the perpetrator of both crimes.

He was arrested Sept. 9, 2016.

In court Tuesday, one victim told of the impact the crime has had on her life. She called Sandoval-Campos "the monster that changed my life forever."

The woman said that she was trained to handle and de-escalate crisis situations, but was never prepared for what she experienced.

"I wish I could erase the memories of being sexually assaulted, violated in the one place you should feel safe," she said.

"The aftermath of that terrifying experience caused me great emotional turmoil," she said. "I no longer felt safe in my own home."

Then she addressed Sandoval-Campos.

"Ronal, you are a danger to society and do not deserve the privilege of walking amongst us freely," she said. "You are sick, and I don't believe you have any remorse for your actions."

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