Jury Reaches Verdict in Sacred Heart University Rape Case: Report

FAIRFIELD, CT — A jury of four women and two men found Alfonso “Fonzie” Reid, 39, not guilty of raping a Sacred Heart University student last March, according to the Connecticut Post.

Daniel Tepfer of the Post reports the jury deliberated for three hours on Wednesday and the foreman said they didn’t think either side “had been 100 percent truthful and because of that we had a doubt.”

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Reid, a convicted felon, had been charged with first-degree sexual assault and first-degree unlawful restraint.

Reid was accused of sexually assaulting the 19-year-old student after taking her from a Bridgeport bar to an apartment.

The alleged sexual assault later prompted a raid at the Golden Star Café on Main Street in which more than 70 underage drinkers were discovered, along with two veteran Bridgeport police officers who were found violating department policy by working as bouncers.

Read more on the jury’s verdict at the Connecticut Post here.

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