Crime & Safety

Enfield Man Pleads Guilty to Reduced Charges in Sexual Assault Case

The defendant had originally been charged with aggravated rape.

An Enfield man charged with aggravated rape in a sexual assault case at the University of Massachusetts three years ago has pleaded guilty to lesser charges, masslive.com reported.

Caleb Womack, 20, accepted a plea deal as jury selection was beginning for his trial. He pleaded guilty to indecent assault and battery of a person over 14.

He was sentenced to five years in prison and 10 years probation.

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Womack and three other men were accused to traveling to Amherst, Mass. in Oct. 2012 and raping a female student at the University of Massachusetts. The other three defendants were all convicted and sentenced to at least eight years in prison, masslive.com reported.

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