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Mount Saint Mary College student pleads guilty to sexual abuse
News 12 Staff
Updated on:May 20, 2021, 7:26am EDT
A student at Mount Saint Mary
College in Newburgh who was charged with rape has pleaded guilty to lesser
charges
The Orange County District
Attorney s office says Anthony Pennachio, 19, of Brooklyn pleaded guilty to third degree sexual abuse in connection with an
incident that happened during a party at the college last February.
He was sentenced to 80 hours
of community service.
According to published
reports, the rape charge was dismissed after Pennachio s lawyer produced a
recorded conversation between his client and the victim in which they argued
Anthony Pennachio, a 19-year-old student at Mount Saint Mary College, pleaded guilty in Newburgh City Court to a lesser charge of third-degree sexual abuse, and was sentenced to 80 hours of community service.
Mount St. Mary College student charged with rape
News 12 Staff
Updated on:Mar 06, 2021, 6:03pm EST
A Brooklyn teen has been arrested in connection with the sexual assault of a victim on a Hudson Valley college campus.
Newburgh police arrested 19-year-old Anthony Pennachio, a student at Mount St. Mary College, on first-degree rape charges.
He is out on bail and has pleaded not guilty.
Detectives say they believe Pennachio may have sexually assaulted other victims on campus, according to the report.
Incoming freshman Lea Kane says that makes her concerned for her safety. I think it can be scary. It can happen to anybody, she said.
Mount Saint Mary College student Anthony Pennachio, 19, was arrested on a first-degree rape charge Wednesday after a complaint was filed with the Newburgh Police Department.