LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – A former Lakeport resident was sentenced this week to prison for a December 2010 rape and robbery in Idaho.

Paul Anthony Neuman, 33, was sentenced on Monday to aggregate 25 year sentences for the crimes of rape and robbery committed in Meridian, Idaho, at the Herb Tree Store on Dec. 10, 2010.

Judge Thomas Neville ordered that Neuman serve a minimum of 15 years before any parole consideration, according to a report from the prosecutor's office of Ada County, Idaho.

Neuman had been arrested by Lake County Sheriff's deputies in March on a $2 million Idaho warrant, as Lake County News has reported.

He pleaded guilty to the rape and robbery charges on Aug. 18, the Ada County Prosecutor's Office said.

Prosecutors said Neuman – who had worn a ski mask during the commission of the crimes – was unknown to the victim.

A sexual assault kit was immediately obtained after the crime was reported and a DNA profile was placed into the national CODIS data bank, the prosecutor's office reported.

In January, a cold hit was generated out of California identifying Neuman as a possible match. Officials said Neuman's DNA was on file in California for the crime of burglary.

Idaho State forensic scientists were able to confirm the DNA to Neuman, who then was extradited to Ada County.

In addition to serving his prison sentence, Neuman will have to register as a sex offender for life, officials reported.

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