Daytona Beach serial rapist sentenced to 8 years in Florida State Prison

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — A man who police say hunted and attacked multiple women in the Daytona Beach area is headed to prison.

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According to the State Attorney’s Office, 48-year-old Markeith Martin entered a plea of no contest Wednesday morning to charges of sexual battery and aggravated battery using force with a deadly weapon.

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He was sentenced to eight years in Florida State Prison and will also be designated as a sexual predator.

Martin was first arrested back in April of 2019 after Daytona Beach police announced that DNA evidence had tied him to several rapes in the city.

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In this case police say on Sept. 28, 2018, Martin choked, beat and raped a woman he’d met days earlier.

Police have said Martin previously admitted to using similar methods to assault other women.

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Martin was recently found not guilty of sexual battery with a weapon in a separate case in which he was accused of forcing a woman to have sex with him.

He remained in custody until he was sentenced Wednesday morning.

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