Man handed maximum sentence for attempted rape on Johns Hopkins University campus

A Baltimore judge on Thursday ordered a man to serve the maximum sentence for following, attacking and attempting to rape a student during the fall semester last year on the Johns Hopkins University campus.

Circuit Judge Jeffrey Geller sentenced Raymond Lunn, 32, of North Baltimore, to serve 20 years in prison for attempted rape. He tried to sexually assault the student as she was walking around Decker Quad during fall break on Oct. 18, 2025, listening to music and scrolling through TikTok.

Geller described Lunn as a danger to the community, adding that the crime had a significant effect on the student.

At the time of the attack, Lunn was on probation for a 2019 attempted rape conviction in Baltimore County, a case prosecutors described as similar.

“The circumstances of this offense are extremely serious,” said Geller, who found Lunn guilty in June at a bench trial. “It only ended because there were other people that approached.”

Lunn maintained his innocence and pleaded for leniency. He said he posed neither a flight risk nor a danger to the community.

“It wasn’t no evidence showing that I committed that crime,” Lunn said. “I just have to go through this process again.”

Assistant Public Defender Robert Cohen said his client was hit by a car about 15 years ago and suffered a traumatic brain injury. Lunn, he said, had previously been hospitalized three times for schizophrenia and other mental health conditions.

At the same time, Cohen said, his client had not yet received adequate treatment to address his challenges with mental health and substance abuse.

Cohen requested a punishment at the bottom of the sentencing guidelines: eight years in prison.

But Assistant State’s Attorney Keera Gilbert pushed for the maximum sentence and highlighted what she called the “horrific facts in this case.”

These crimes are rare.

In 2024, Hopkins reported five instances of what it categorized as fondling on its Homewood campus and five cases of rape. Most people who report sex crimes know the perpetrator, according to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network, a nonprofit advocacy organization.

Gilbert said the student went for a walk to get some fresh air and ended up having to fight for her life. She declined to attend sentencing and could not bring herself to write a victim impact statement.

“This has impacted her,” Gilbert said. “It’s going to be hard for her to walk on campus without looking over her shoulder.”