A Bay County jury convicted Gary Sprouse Jr. on Friday of sexually battering a disabled woman, according to a press release from the State Attorney’s Office.
Assistant State Attorneys Christa Diviney and Michele Lucas showed jurors during the one-day trial that Sprouse, 48, raped a woman with Downs syndrome in her home the morning of Oct. 25.
Sprouse was found guilty of sexual battery on an intellectually disabled person and lewd or lascivious battery on an intellectually disabled adult. He faces more than 30 years in prison when Circuit Judge Michael Overstreet sentences him July 6, the State Attorney’s Office said.