A Montgomery Village man has been convicted of raping a woman he invited to his house for a birthday celebration in 2021, the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office said in a statement Thursday.
Jose Dimas Ordonez-Marquez, 33, was found guilty Wednesday night of second-degree rape by a Montgomery County Circuit Court jury, according to the State’s Attorney’s Office. He faces up to 20 years in prison during his sentencing scheduled for Sept. 4.
According to charging documents, Ordonez-Marquez invited guests to his house for a birthday party on June 19, 2021. The victim attended the event with her husband and child, the documents said.
According to the victim’s interview with police, she said she drank alcohol and became “intoxicated.” Around 11 p.m., she recalled that she was at a table with people and “the next thing she recalled was being woken up by someone on top of her,” charging documents said.
She said she saw Ordonez-Marquez’s face and heard yelling. The next time she woke up, she was at home, according to charging documents.
Police also interviewed the victim’s husband, who said that when his wife became inebriated, he moved her to a bed in the bedroom where their toddler was also sleeping, according to charging documents.
Later in the evening when he realized that Ordonez-Marquez was no longer with the group, he went to search for him and entered the bedroom, where he found Ordonez-Marquez standing over his wife. He carried his wife, who was unconscious, to the couch in the living room and then went to get his child to leave, charging documents stated.
The husband told police that Ordonez-Marquez asked him to keep what happened a secret and tried to prevent him from leaving. The victim’s husband took her home and notified police. The woman was transported to the Adventist HealthCare Shady Grove Medical Center in Rockville where she underwent a sexual assault forensic examination, according to charging documents.
Ordonez-Marquez was arrested following a police investigation. DNA testing of evidence that was collected linked Ordonez-Marquez to the case, the State’s Attorney’s Office said.
Ordonez-Marquez is being represented by a public defender, according to digital court records. The Maryland Office of the Public Defender did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Friday.