GRAND RAPIDS, MI – The 25-year-old man says he was a lost person when he attacked a girl inside a Rockford-area home.

In speaking in court during his sentencing, he got down on his knees and pleaded for forgiveness from the families that he forever impacted during a violent home invasion.

Ricardo Perez Castillo said he couldn’t imagine the nightmares he’s caused in the Rockford community moments before a judge sentenced him to prison Wednesday, Nov. 26. He received a sentence of nearly 20 years minimum.

The home invasion unfolded in the morning hours on June 15, 2024, at a residence on Ella Terrace Court NE.

Video surveillance obtained by investigators showed Castillo enter the home and undress to only his underwear and T-shirt. Castillo then grabbed a knife from a kitchen drawer an

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