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A man will spend 30 years in prison for repeatedly raping an 11-year-old girl inside the Virginia home where he was hired to work

Ricardo Leonel Mejia, 35, pleaded guilty to three counts of raping a victim under 13

Prosecutors said the victim's mother spotted Mejia naked in her daughter's bed last fall when she opened the locked bedroom door

A man who was caught raping an 11-year-old girl inside the Virginia home where he was hired to work will spend 30 years in prison.

Ricardo Leonel Mejia, 35, was handed down the sentence after pleading guilty in June to three counts of raping a victim under 13, Virginia Beach Commonwealth’s Attorney Colin D. Stolle announced in a press release on Oct. 7.

Prosecutors said the 11-year-old victim's mother spotted Mejia naked in her dau

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