Thread: Man pleads guilty to raping Conn. jogger

Man pleads guilty to raping Conn. jogger

Published: Friday, October 23, 2009

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STAMFORD (AP) — A second man has pleaded guilty in Connecticut to kidnapping and raping a Connecticut jogger in 2003.

Forty-year-old Jose Amaya pleaded guilty Thursday in Stamford Superior Court. The plea bargain calls for him to serve 20 years in prison. Sentencing is set for Jan. 21.

Darien police say Amaya and Alejandro Mendez assaulted the then-38-year-old woman and forced her into their vehicle as she was jogging, then drove to a secluded spot and sexually assaulted her. Police say the woman later escaped.

Amaya was extradited from Mexico last April. Mendez was sentenced in 2005 to 15 years in prison.

Prosecutors say both men were illegal immigrants who worked as day laborers in Norwalk.

Amaya's lawyer says his client agreed to a prison sentence that the victim wants.

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Prosecutors say both men were illegal immigrants who worked as day laborers in Norwalk.

And right up until their convictions they were 'good, hard working, church going, tax paying neighbors worthy of amnesty'!