On April 7, 2021, following a 3-day trial, a Dauphin County jury convicted Sage Ifill, age 28, of raping three women in 2016 and 2017.  On October 16, 2016, the defendant raped a woman during a late night gathering at a home on Hummel Street in the City of Harrisburg.  The woman passed out due to alcohol intoxication.  While she was unconscious, Ifill engaged in sexual intercourse with the woman.  The woman reported the sexual assault to the hospital, but she declined to report it to the police at the out of embarrassment.  She reported the sexual assault to police in December of 2017, after learning of the defendant’s arrest for raping two other women on October 16, 2017—exactly one year after her assault. 

The 2017 rapes occurred in Lower Paxton Township.  The two women returned to the one victim’s home with the defendant after drinking at a bar.  Both women explained that while at the residence they became increasingly impaired—to the point that one of the victims became sick.  After both women were asleep in separate rooms, the defendant sexually assaulted each them each as they slept.  They reported the rapes to police the next day.  After the verdict, Chief Deputy District Attorney Jennifer Gettle credited the efforts of Lower Paxton Township Detective Jeffrey Corcoran and Dauphin County Detective John O’Conner and “the remarkable courage of the three women.  It was very difficult for them to talk about the assaults, but their testimony was extremely compelling.  We appreciate the work of this jury that brought them a sense of closure and justice in a difficult case.”

Judge Deborah E. Curcillo will sentence the defendant on July 26, 2021.  After the verdict, she ordered an assessment by the Megan’s Law Board and revoked the defendant’s bail.  He will remain in the Dauphin County Prison until sentencing.