A Knoxville man is convicted of sexually assaulting his roommate’s daughter.

Knox County District Attorney Charme Allen says Cody Bales was living with a 13-year-old girl and her mother at an apartment in early 2018 when he sexually assaulted the child and left the home without his belongings.

The victim did not disclose the rape until years later when she told a friend what happened, and Bales was arrested following an investigation by the Knoxville Police Department.

Investigators say Bales had also committed and been convicted of a separate statutory rape that involved a different minor and  is currently serving a six-year sentence in that case.

Bales was convicted of four counts of rape and two counts of statutory rape, and he was sentenced to 22 years in prison without the possibility of parole. Additionally, he will be placed on the Tennessee Sex Offender Registry.