N. Y. Trooper Convicted of Raping Traffic Offender
From Associated Press
BALLSTON SPA, N. Y. —
A state trooper convicted of raping a motorist he had stopped for a traffic violation faces up to 25 years in prison. Robert O. Bennett Jr. was found guilty Thursday of first-degree rape, two counts of first-degree sodomy, first-degree sexual abuse, first-degree coercion, unlawful imprisonment and official misconduct in the September, 1988, incident.
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