Man pleads guilty to Lancaster rape after crime scene DNA match – LancasterOnline

A man pleaded guilty to the rape and beating of a woman on a Lancaster street in 2014, according to the Lancaster County District Attorney's office.

Robert R. Pitt, 20, recently pleaded guilty in Lancaster County Court to nine charges including felony counts of rape and robbery.

Pitt, a stranger to the victim, was a week short of turning 18 when he targeted the woman in the 400 block of South Duke Street on Aug. 10, 2014.

He took her cellphone as she tried to call for help, according to the district attorney's office. She broke free and was taken to an area hospital.

Pitt was a prison inmate last year when his DNA profile matched crime scene evidence.

Assistant District Attorney Karen Mansfield petitioned the case to be tried in adult court. The trial was scheduled to begin Monday, and Pitt entered the plea Aug. 11, according to the district attorney's office.

Judge Jeffery Wright accepted the plea and will order sentence in about 90 days, after a background check is completed.

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