Maloy screamed an obscenity at Judge Gene Zmuda while tearfully telling his family, "I'm sorry you all." The apologies to his family and friends were the only ones given by the 21-year-old Toledoan who terrorized his victims and put the community on edge.

"Rarely has this court seen an individual as violent and dangerous as you are," Judge Zmuda said before issuing his sentence. "You are a violent and dangerous predator … roaming the streets in our town, striking late at night."

Maloy pleaded no contest Sept. 20 to eight charges, including one count each of rape, aggravated burglary, and kidnapping; two counts of robbery, and three counts of aggravated robbery.

Two of the convictions included specifications that guns were used in the crimes.

Maloy was convicted of the Dec. 31 assault of a woman at her Dorr Street apartment and the March 2 robbery of a Subway restaurant at 1528 Broadway.

He also entered pleas to the March 3 robbery of a woman after she got into her minivan as she left work in the 700 block of South Avenue, the March 8 attack on a woman as she got out of her car in the parking lot of her apartment on Collingwood Boulevard, and the March 9 robbery of a woman who found Maloy in the back seat of her minivan after she left Central Market, 330 West Central Ave.

He was caught soon after a DNA test linked him to the sexual assault of a woman he confronted at gunpoint in a McDonald's restaurant parking lot March 9.

The victim, who was in court Monday, became so upset when seeing Maloy that she had to leave.

In her statement read by advocate Vera Sanders, the woman called Maloy "an animal that needs to be caged."

"You hurt me, my family, and others as well," she wrote. "My life has been a nightmare and I'm ready to awake from this dream."

Assistant County Prosecutor Lindsay Navarre said Monday it was this victim's courage and thinking as well as the relentless work of detectives that ended Maloy's "reign of terror."

"That gave everyone a glimpse of who Delexis Maloy really is," Ms. Navarre said of his outburst in court. "He is a monster."

Three of Maloy's victims prepared statements that were read in court by members of the victim assistance division of the prosecutor's office. The 35-year-old victim of the March 8 attack faced Maloy herself, telling him that he robbed her of her independence.

Maloy turned from her while she spoke.

After the sentencing, the victim said Maloy's lengthy term may offer "some type of closure, but it will never be over for us, because it happened."

"I just wanted to say something," she said of her court statement. "It did take away my independence, and independence is very important, especially for a woman. I just had to say something to let him know how I felt."

Judge Zmuda sentenced Maloy to nine years in prison for the charges of aggravated burglary, kidnapping, rape, and two counts of aggravated robbery. He also ordered eight years for the aggravated robbery of the Subway restaurant and seven years for two counts of robbery. Two gun specifications added terms of three years each. The sentences are to be served consecutively, or one after the other.

The judge said the sentences were ordered one after the other because of "the magnitude of depravity" of these crimes and the "individuality of the victims."

"To do otherwise would be an injustice of the horrors you did to these victims and, therefore, our community," he said.

Judge Zmuda also informed Maloy that when released, he would be required to register for life as a sex offender and that the community would be notified.

As part of the plea agreement, three additional counts of kidnapping, two counts of aggravated burglary, and one count each of attempted rape and burglary were dismissed.

Through a motion filed Oct. 26, Maloy attempted to withdraw his plea on one of the counts. Judge Zmuda denied the request after a hearing Friday.

Maloy declined to speak at the sentencing. His attorney, David Klucas, said Maloy acknowledged the impact of his actions on the victims. He asked the judge to consider a person's propensity to change and added that Maloy would be less likely to engage in abhorrent behavior as he gets older.

After the hearing, Mr. Klucas declined to comment on the case or length of the sentence, saying only that his client intends to appeal the sentence and the judge's denial of the motion to vacate his plea.

A verbally combative Maloy was escorted from the courtroom after the judge totaled his sentence but before the proceeding was concluded.

Contact Erica Blake at:

eblake@theblade.com

or 419-213-2134.

First Published November 16, 2010, 6:32 a.m.