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A Massachusetts State Trooper was recently indicted by the Worcester County District Attorney’s Office on Massachusetts Sex Crimes Charges.
The state trooper, who was most recently assigned to the Sturbridge barracks, allegedly assaulted an 18 year old girl four years ago. The Worcester grand jury indicted the Massachusetts trooper with three charges of Indecent Assault and Battery and two counts of Open and Gross Lewdness.
The Massachusetts Sex Crime of Indecent Assault & Battery involves an ‘indecent act’. Massachusetts criminal law defines an indecent act as one that is fundamentally offense to contemporary standards of decency. Typical and most common forms of indecent assault and battery are the inappropriate touching of the private portions of ones anatomy.
The crime of Indecent Assault & Battery is punishable by imprisonment for up to 2.5 years in the House of Corrections or up to 5 years in state prison.
The sex crime of Open and Gross Lewdness and Lascivious Behavior is the intentional, indecent and offensive exposure of one’s genitals to another person; and is punishable with imprisonment in the House of Corrections for up to 2 years or up to 3 years in state prison.
Although a ‘sex offense’, a conviction for a first offender for Open and Gross Lewdness will not trigger Sex Offender Registration. However, if a person is convicted for a second time for Open & Gross Lewdness, he/she will be subject to registration as a sex offender.
Boston Sex Crimes Lawyer Lefteris K. Travayiakis is available 24/7 for consultation on all Massachusetts Sex Crimes Charges, including Indecent Assault & Battery and Open & Gross Lewdness.
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