Crime & Safety

Clinton Man Pleads Guilty to Sexual Assault Against Female Minor

Keith Mansfield allegedly inappropriately touched a girl younger than 13.

Clinton resident Keith Mansfield pleaded guilty on Tuesday, June 2, in Middletown Superior Court, to the following charges:

  • Risk of injury
  • Felony sexual assault against a minor female

East Main Street resident Mansfield allegedly placed his hands down a young girl’s pants approximately 200 to 300 times from 2007 to 2013, the New Haven Register reported. The girl reportedly lived in Essex.

Police were reportedly contacted about the alleged abuse in December 2013. Mansfield reportedly admitted to the allegations to the young girl’s mother as well as police. He was arrested on a fourth degree sexual assault charge.

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