LUBBOCK, Texas — A jury on Friday morning found Robert Jade Lopez-Parker, 47, of Lubbock guilty of aggravated sexual assault.
Lopez-Parker was arrested in 2018. An arrest warrant said Lopez-Parker got into a woman’s apartment in the 7000 block of Ironton Avenue by claiming to be a maintenance man.
At trial, prosecutors presented evidence that the victim suffered ill effects from viral encephalitis which caused seizures and brain damage. Prosecutors said Lopez-Parker took advantage of her condition to manipulate her and get into her apartment.
The charge against him on the jail roster was listed as a second-degree felony which would normally be 2 to 20 years in prison. But prosecutors requested enhancements so the punishment could run as high as 99 years or life.
The same jury that convicted him decided his punishment late Friday at 99 years.
A press release from federal prosecutors in 2013 said Lopez-Parker was convicted of failing to register as a sex offender. The 2013 press release also said Lopez-Parker had a previous conviction in the state of Washington for child molestation.
