After that, Powell would banish the men — locking them in the motel bathrooms so he could rape the women, still armed with his gun, prosecutors said.
During the assaults, Powell toyed with and “psychologically tortured” his victims, both male and female, prosecutors said. He said he would kill their families if they told police what he’d done. .
He also made the women “loudly compliment him” so their male companions could hear, according to prosecutors.
. Powell’s assaults lasted six weeks, beginning in March 2012, prosecutors said. He victimized four couples.
Speaking at Powell’s sentencing on Thursday, Judge Robert Kirsch said Powell’s crimes created an “incomprehensible hell” for his victims. .
Kirsch sentenced Powell to 148 years behind bars. Powell had been convicted of 60 crimes in March following an eight-week trial, prosecutors said. .
His convictions included 24 counts of first-degree aggravated sexual assault, 12 counts of second-degree sexual assault, 12 weapons offenses, eight counts of first-degree robbery and four counts of second-degree burglary.