Torrington teens sentenced to 4 months in prison in 2011 rape case (Steubenville II essentially)
Two Torrington teens accused of gang-raping an intoxicated, unconscious 13-year-old girl in 2011 were each sentenced to five years in prison, suspended after four months served, on Friday afternoon.
Dylan Rodriguez, 16, and Kenuel Weaver-Hunte, 17, faced a possible nine months in prison after pleading guilty earlier this year to risk of injury to a minor with illicit sexual contact, a Class D felony. Rodriguez and Weaver-Hunte will also be on probation for five years after they are released from prison. They were both originally charged with second-degree sexual assault as juveniles, but the cases were later moved to the adult docket.
A third teen, Alec Berkemeier, 16, of Winsted, has pleaded not guilty to second-degree sexual assault and risk of injury to a minor. Those charges are still pending.
The three teens are among several Torrington High School students, many athletes, who have recently faced rape charges. The case of two 18-year-old football players, Joan Toribio and Edgar Gonzalez, attracted national attention last month after social media bullying of the 13-year-old victim in that case was unveiled.
full: http://www.registercitizen.com/articles/2013/05/04/news/doc51841d3129dc6908016947.txt?viewmode=fullstory
Here's the original article by the Register Citizen that brought Torrington into the national spotlight around the same time the Steubenville case was being prosecuted.
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