Man dubbed 'stinky rapist' gets life in prison

The man authorities call the serial "stinky rapist" was sentenced to three consecutive life terms today for the August 2007 rape of a 43-year-old nurse's aide.

"If I have anything to do about it, you are not going to do this again," Hillsborough Circuit Judge Wayne S. Timmerman told Jerrod Pass.

It took a jury an hour in June to find Pass, 39, guilty of two counts of sexual battery and one count of armed robbery.

Pass, who did not testify during his trial, professed his innocence today.

"I didn't do it," he said. "I am not the type of person to hurt anyone."

Assistant State Attorney Rita Peters had a terse response.

"The DNA and the jury thought otherwise," she said.

Testimony showed Pass' DNA matched three samples taken from the woman hours after the attack. Investigators also found the victim's purse in Pass' storage unit.

The victim told Timmerman she still lives in fear.

"My life hasn't been the same," she said. "I always shake. I fear he will always come and hurt me again."

At trial, she testified that a man broke into her home, held a knife to her throat and raped her.

She said she didn't struggle because the man threatened to harm her 10-year-old daughter, who was sleeping in an adjoining bedroom.

The Tampa Tribune does not identify victims of sex crimes.

The threats to the child disturbed Timmerman, who said Pass must have been stalking the woman in order to know about the daughter.

"She fears for herself and she worries for her children," he said. "That's despicable."

The judge spoke to the victim after imposing sentence.

"I hope this gives you some solace ma'am," he said.

Pass' mother spoke on his behalf.

"He was just an all-around person," Rosetta Pass said. "He was always there for me and the entire family."

But she said she wouldn't excuse him if he was guilty.

"If he done anything I've been hearing ... I'm not with it," she said.

Investigators say Pass terrorized the area around the University of South Florida. He was charged in 11 cases, including eight sexual assaults. The Aug. 18, 2007, attack of which he was convicted was the first case to come to trial. The next is scheduled to begin Oct. 27.

Authorities say the serial rapist stalked young black mothers and threatened to harm their children if they resisted or called for help. The "stinky" moniker was bestowed by authorities because victims said their assailant had a foul odor.