Vancouver man gets 5 years for sexual abuse of girls

A Vancouver man was sentenced to more than five years in prison for sexually abusing two minor girls whom he met on Facebook.

Juan Diaz-Velazquez, 35, pleaded guilty June 6 to two counts of commercial sex abuse of a minor, communicating with a minor for immoral purposes and possession of depictions of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct.

Diaz-Velazquez told Vancouver police that he created a fake Facebook account in order to spy on his girlfriend but then began using it to communicate with the victim, according to a probable cause affidavit filed in court.

In the fake account, he allegedly posed as a woman named Kenzie Dasilva. The victim told police that she befriended “Kenzie” on Facebook. During one of their conversations on the social media site, “Kenzie” asked the victim if she would like to be paid for having sex with men, court records say. After the victim said she was interested, “Kenzie” arranged for her to meet a man for sex on Dec. 9, 2012, at a Shell gas station at 4905 N.E. 94th Ave., court records say.

Driving a blue truck, Diaz-Velazquez allegedly picked her up and drove her to a state liquor store at 13875 S.E. Mill Plain Blvd. and bought some alcohol for her. According to court records, he then drove her to his residence in the 200 block of Northeast 148th Avenue, where he served her alcohol and had sex with her.

After the encounter, he dropped her off while she was still under the influence of alcohol at the WinCo at 11310 N.E. 119th St. Money was never exchanged between the victim and the assailant, court records say.

The victim reported the rape to the Clark County Sheriff’s Office, but there were no major breaks in the case until Vancouver police began investigating another rape of a minor in September, police said.

The victim in the September rape had an experience and gave a description that was similar to that of the other victim.