CLEVELAND — Andre Boynton, 34, of Cleveland Heights, was sentenced today to life in prison without the possibility of parole for more than 30 years for raping a 13-year-old girl in April 2007 and for being a repeat sexually-violent predator.

A month after he grabbed the Cleveland girl off the streets and raped her at a West Side house, Boynton drove by her school and threatened her. The school called police. Boynton led officers on a high-speed chase that ended when he crashed his car into a house at East 136th Street and Coath Avenue in Cleveland.

Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Janet Burnside sentenced Boynton after a jury found him guilty of rape, kidnapping, intimidation of a crime victim, failure to comply with police and possessing criminal tools.

"Boynton at times used his good looks and charm or promises of modeling contracts to bait his victims," Assistant Prosecutor Kristin Karkutt said. "His victims ranged in age from 13 to 18, and more than one of his cases involved him taking or attempting to take nude photographs of these young victims."

Karkutt sought the life sentence by presenting this timeline of Boynton's criminal history:

• In December 1994, he pleaded guilty to gross sexual imposition and carrying a concealed weapon. He was sentenced to a year in prison, but a judge released him three months later and put him on two years of probation.

• In January 1996, he was convicted of committing aggravated robbery in May 1995. He was sentenced to 10 to 25 years in prison. He was paroled April 1, 2005, and released from parole Aug. 1, 2006.

• In April 2007, he kidnapped and raped the 13-year-old girl and had sexual contact with another 13-year-old. He was sentenced to the maximum 10 years in prison for the sexual conduct and is currently serving that sentence.

He was also sentenced to 18 months in prison for kidnapping and gross sexual imposition on a 14-year-old soon after the attack on the 13-year-olds.