Riley County Police arrested Sangala Stevens, 27, in March of 2016 for an alleged rape and other charges.
He was sentenced for sexual battery, criminal restraint and aggravated battery, He is currently being held in the Hutchinson Correctional Facility.
RILEY COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating three additional cases of alleged rape in Manhattan and the Riley County.
On Friday, officers filed a report for aggravated kidnapping, rape, aggravated criminal sodomy and aggravated burglary in Ogden. Officers listed a 38-year-old woman as the victim and an unknown man as the suspect, according to Monday’s Riley County Police Activity Report.
On Saturday, police filed a report for rape involving an 18-year-old woman and a 30-year-old man known to the victim. Manhattan.
On Sunday, officers filed a report for rape involving a 25-year-old woman as the victim and a male known to her as the suspect.
In July Riley County authorities said the number of rapes reported in Manhattan and surrounding areas had doubled during the first quarter of this year compared with the same time last year.
Sixteen rapes were reported in the first quarter of 2017, up from eight in the same period in 2016.
A total of 40 rapes were reported in 2016.