Dale City man convicted of drugging, raping teens | Headlines

A 36-year-old Dale City man has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for drugging and raping underage girls in his home, prosecutors said Monday.

From late 2021 to 2022, Balmore Ortiz Guardado of Nassau Drive “actively solicited and provided illegal substances, including Percocet pills laced with fentanyl, methamphetamines, cocaine, Xanax and alcohol” to teenagers between the ages of 15 and 16, Prince William County Prosecutor Amy Ashworth said in a news release.

The victims were sexually abused and raped “while incapacitated by drug use or threatened with a firearm,” the press release states.

Guardado, a drug dealer, was arrested in January 2023 in connection with the sexual assaults, Ashworth’s office said.

On Jan. 17, he pleaded guilty to 14 counts, including three counts of rape, three counts of sexual penetration with objects, seven counts of trafficking drugs to minors and one count of possession of child pornography, Ashworth’s office said.

At sentencing on June 27, Prince William Circuit Court Judge Kimberly A. Irving sentenced Guardado to six life sentences and 215 years in prison, with 179 years suspended, for a total sentence of 35 years.

Guardado was also ordered to register with the Virginia State Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry.