Man gets 13 years for raping girl in Port Chester

Antonio Olivarez Antonio Olivarez Photo: / Westchester County District Attorney’s Office Photo: / Westchester County District Attorney’s Office Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Man gets 13 years for raping girl in Port Chester 1 / 1 Back to Gallery

A man from Port Chester, N.Y., was sentenced to 13 years in prison for raping a 15-year-old child in late 2017 in that community, prosecutors announced Tuesday.

Antonio Olivarez, 41, was on the run after authorities in Westchester County connected him to the rape. In July 2018, U.S. Marshals, with the help of Port Chester Police, located him in Philadelphia. He was found hiding in a closet and resisted arrest, according to the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office.

The D.A. said DNA evidence connected Olivarez to the crime, which occurred on Nov. 12, 2017. The victim disclosed the rape in school the next day and was taken to the Westchester County Medical Center.

After his capture, Olivarez refused to waive extradition back to Westchester County. The case was indicted before a Westchester County grand jury in August 2018, and a governor’s warrant was obtained to extradite him back to New York.

Olivarez was arraigned in October 2018 and he pleaded guilty to first-degree rape on May 3 before his trial was to begin. He was sentenced to prison on Tuesday by Westchester County Court Judge Susan Cacace in White Plains, N.Y.

In addition to prison time, Olivarez will serve 20 years post-release supervision and must register as a sex offender.