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November
RAPIST GETS 9-YEAR TERM FOR 2 CRIMES
Newsday/Chau Lam
Elwin Alcantara, a 19 year old New Cassel man who raped a college student in 2001 and two yearslater was caught having sex with a 13 year old girl, was sentenced yesterday to 9 years in prison.Alcantara was one of two men Nassau prosecutors said sexually assaulted the student, then 22, asshe was walking home alone from the Westbury train station on November 23, 2001. His accompliceremains at large. The crime remained unsolved until summer 2003, when Alcantara was caught havingsex with the underage girl in his car. He