A 2day sexual assault trial wrapped up in Fayette County. Justin Conner of Oak Hill, was convicted of sexual assault 3rd Degree, strangulation and Burglary. The jury also found him guilty of nine misdemeanors including domestic battery and domestic assault.
According to Prosecuting Attorney Jeffrey Mauzy, Conner strangled a woman in her home until she was unconscious then sexually assaulted her on March 15, 2019. On April 16, 2019 he kicked in her door and attacked her multiple times.
Conner faces one to five years in prison for Strangulation, one to five years for Third Degree Sexual Assault and one to 15 years for burglary. He also faces up to a year in jail for each domestic battery and violation of a protective order charge and up to six months for each domestic assault. He is scheduled to be sentenced on Dec. 18, 2020 at 9 a.m.
In Charlestown, a man was found guilty in Washington County Superior Court of sexually assaulting an 18-year-old woman five years ago in Narragansett, Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced.
Angelo Fraley was convicted of one count of first-degree sexual assault after a jury-waived trial, Neronha said in a press release.
During the trial before Superior Court Judge Melanie Wilk Thunberg, the state proved that on June 30, 2015, Fraley sexually assaulted the woman near an abandoned building by the beach at the University of Rhode Island's Bay Campus in Narragansett. Neither Fraley nor the victim had ties to URI, the university said previously.
Fraley and the victim spent time together on the day of the assault with a group of friends at the beach in Narragansett, Neronha said. After the friends left that night, Fraley and the victim stayed near the beach where he then sexually assaulted her, according to Neronha.
A status date will be set to schedule possible post-trial motions or a potential sentencing hearing, Neronha said. Captain Mike Chalek of the University of Rhode Island Police Department led the investigation, Neronha said. Assistant Attorney General Mark Trovato prosecuted the case.
