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Recent Massachusetts Child Rape Cases Lead to Guilty Pleas and Indictment

By Altman & Altman

In Salem Superior Court on Thursday, Louis Walters, a former resident of the state, pleaded guilty to Massachusetts child rape and incest charges. He has been sentenced to eight to nine years in state prison. He faces similar charges related to the same girl in New Hampshire and is expected to be sentenced to 10 to 20 years in prison. Walters, 38, began a three-year relationship with the girl in Massachusetts when she was 15. She later moved in with him in New Hampshire. Under the plea agreement worked out with prosecutors in both states, Walters will serve his prison sentences concurrently. Walters is not the only person to recently plead guilty to Massachusetts rape. On Tuesday, a Clinton man was sentenced to three to five years in prison and five years probation after he pleaded guilty to Massachusetts child rape charges and possession of cocaine with intent to distribute?the drug charge, which is unrelated to the sexual crime charge, was originally a Massachusetts cocaine trafficking charge but was reduced to a lesser crime under his plea agreement...continue to full post

Full post as published by Boston Criminal lawyer Blog on September 11, 2010 (boomark / email).