Keene Courtney Queensborough was sentenced to 25 years in prison Wednesday for raping an Indiana woman at gunpoint at the Cinnamon Bay campground on St. John in February 1996.
Upon pleading guilty, Queensborough was give 20 years for the aggravated rape charge and five years for possessing a firearm during a crime of violence. After his release, he will serve five years of supervised release.
The case was jointly investigated by the FBI and the V.I. Police Department.
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