Robert Niel Coronado was found guilty on Friday of kidnapping, drugging and sexually assaulting a 20-year-old man who he had hired to do work at his Las Cruces home.

The trial started Wednesday and finished on Friday. He will be sentenced later to anywhere from 18 to 28 1/2 years in prison, Dona Ana County District Attorney Amy Orlando said.

In 2009, Coronado hired his soon-to-be-victim to do yard work and some odd jobs at his Bellamah Drive home. The victim said Coronado gave him a couple of pills after he said he had a headache. The next thing the man remembered was waking up naked next to Coronado, who was also naked, the victim said.

On Thursday, DNA analyst Stephanie Willard told the jury that DNA from saliva and semen found on the man after the 2009 incident belonged to Coronado. They also found bruises and other physical evidence of sexual assault on the man.

Coronado was found guilty of charges of kidnapping, criminal sexual contact and battery. The jury decided on a verdict after deliberating for an hour and 15 minutes.

But Friday's verdict is far from the end of the Coronado story, Orland said.

"When the police did the search warrant of his home, they found piles and piles of underwear that belonged to all different sizes, all different styles, clearly not belonging to the defendant," she said. "There was all of the red flags that went up."

Orlando said police also found strong medication, strong drinks and other items that "led (the DA's office) to believe that (Coronado's house) was a place that things could happen to victims."

She also said that many nieghbors expressed their suspicions about Coronado to police.

"You got an elementary school up the street. You got a junior high down the stret. You got the park (nearby)," Anthony Padilla said. Padilla lives across the street from Coronado.

"It's a relief not just for my sake, and the people in my house, but for everybody (in the neighborhood)," Padilla said, referring to Coronado being locked up.

Padilla said he personally saw "many young people" go into Coronado's house "to do odd jobs for him."

Orlando said she hopes additional victims of Coronado will finally feel safe to come forward and talk to Las Cruces police now that Coronado is behind bars and will be for many years.

"I encourage people, I mean I want people to (know) it's OK to report," Orlando said. "It's not OK for someone to drug you or take advantage of you and commit crimes against you."

"I'm just glad (Coronado) got what he deserved," Padilla said.