Four Pittsfield teens charged with raping UMass student
Four men have been arrested and charged with raping a female University of Massachusetts student in a UMass residence hall, University officials said.
View ArticleJudge agrees to reduce bail in rape case
The $10,000 bail of Emmanuel Bile, one of four teens charged with raping a UMass student on campus, was reduced to $3,500 Tuesday.
View ArticleProsecutors seek DNA samples of rape suspects
In court last Tuesday, prosecutors filed a motion to obtain samples from three of the men charged with raping a UMass student last October.
View ArticleDefendant in 2012 gang rape case says accuser consented to sex
Emmanuel T. Bile Jr., 21, of Pittsfield, is the first of four men to be tried for allegedly taking part in a 2012 gang rape in Pierpont Hall in the Southwest Residential Area at the University of...
View ArticleClosing arguments presented, jury deliberations begin Friday in first of four...
Judge instructs jury to also consider a lesser charge of rape in its deliberations. Bile has been charged with three counts of aggravated rape.
View ArticleJury finds Emmanuel Bile Jr. guilty of two counts of aggravated rape in UMass...
Emmanuel T. Bile Jr., 21, of Pittsfield, will be sentenced Wednesday morning after being found guilty by a jury of two of three counts of aggravated rape in connection with the 2012 gang rape of a...
View ArticleEmmanuel T. Bile Jr. sentenced Wednesday morning for involvement in 2012 gang...
Hampshire Superior Court Judge Jeffrey C. Kinder sentenced Bile to eight to 10 years in state prison, followed by five years of probation Wednesday morning. A jury found Bile guilty of two counts of...
View ArticleOpening statements delivered, first witnesses called in second trial for...
Justin King, 21, of Pittsfield, is charged with three counts of aggravated rape.
View ArticleUMass rape trial halts abruptly, opening statements delivered Tuesday
Opening statements were delivered in the trial of Adam Liccardi, who is the third of four to stand trial following an alleged 2012 gang rape in Pierpont Dormitory.
View ArticleTrial for last defendant in 2012 UMass gang rape set to begin next week
Caleb Womack, 20, of Windsor Locks, Connecticut, faces three counts of aggravated rape for his alleged involvement in raping a former UMass student in her Pierpont Hall dorm room.
View ArticleFinal trial in connection with 2012 UMass gang rape delayed
A status hearing is scheduled for Wednesday, November 18, at 9 a.m. in Hampshire Superior Court.
View ArticleCaleb Womack rape trial to begin Monday
Jury selection begins Monday in the trial of Womack, the fourth man to be tried in connection with a 2012 gang rape of a former University of Massachusetts student.
View ArticleCaleb Womack pleads guilty in connection to 2012 UMass gang rape
Womack, the fourth man to stand trial in connection with the 2012 rape, agreed to lesser charges and a reduced sentence Monday morning in Hampshire Superior Court.
View ArticleAfter justice, cautionary story remains
The three-year 2012 gang rape case reached a conclusion in criminal court Monday, but Mark Chiarelli writes that its lessons must not be forgotten.
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