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St. Albans barber gets 34 years in prison for raping 12- and 16-year-old girls: DA

A St. Albans sexual predator was sentenced to 34 years in prison for raping two young girls, ages 12 and 16, in separate occasions at the same motel in 2022, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Wednesday.

Viando Ricketts, 31, of 200th Street, was convicted by a jury in Queens Supreme Court on March 13 of multiple rape counts, kidnapping, assault, criminal contempt, tampering with a witness and endangering the welfare of a child.