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Man sentenced to 20 years in decades-old rape case

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WVEC) -- Andrew Tarantole will spend the next 20 years in prison for rape.

<p>After a four-day trial, a jury recommended that 50-year-old Andrew Scott Tarantole spend 20 years in prison following an incident that took place in 1985 where he raped a woman at the oceanfront.</p>

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WVEC) -- Andrew Tarantole will spend the next 20 years in prison for rape.

This is a case that sat unsolved for years. Prosecutors say their evidence proved Tarantole raped a woman in the woods off General Booth Boulevard 31 years ago.

He has prior convictions for rape, sexual battery and abduction in four separate cases.

The victims in those incidents all testified in this case against Tarantole.

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