South Windsor Man Makes Plea Deal in Brutal East Windsor Rape Case

The South Windsor man charged with the brutal rape of a woman in East Windsor earlier this year, made a plea agreement with state prosecutors on Tuesday, according to the Hartford Courant.

The Courant reports James Polk, 43, pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree sexual assault and one count each of first-degree kidnapping and first-degree strangulation.

In exchange, Polk will be sentenced to 28 years in prison, followed by 12 years of special parole, according to the Courant, which he faced 75 years in prison for the maximum sentence on the charges.

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Polk was arrested for raping an exotic dancer in a beating so brutal, an East Windsor police detective told NBC Connecticut that the woman’s injuries were some of the worst he’s seen in 19 years of police work.

Polk picked up the woman from Mardi Gras II, a strip club in East Windsor, on March 5 and took her to the business he manages, Power Service Concepts at 8 Thompson Road, and eventually raped her at knife-point.

The woman was able to call 911 and East Windsor police officers interrupted the assault in progress and Polk slashed his own throat as officers, at gunpoint, ordered him to drop the knife and were about to deploy a Taser on him, according to police.

East Windsor police have said that they received a 911 hang-up call just before 3 a.m. that was believed to be a female in medical distress.

The victim ran to the police once officers arrived and Polk confronted officers with a knife in his hand. At gunpoint, the officers ordered him to drop the knife and they were about to deploy the Taser on him, when the Polk turned the knife onto himself and cut his own throat, according to police.

Pictured: James Polk, 43, courtesy of the East Windsor Police Department