Patrick Ludwig, a repeat sex offender, has been convicted of sexually assaulting his neighbor in Waterford, Conneticut.
According to the article from the The Day:
Ludwig, 37, pleaded guilty to third-degree sexual assault and tampering with a witness. He is to be sentenced Jan. 3 to six years in prison, suspended after three years, and 10 years probation. Ludwig, who had been convicted previously of a sex offense, will have to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life.
Judge Susan B. Handy placed him on house arrest until his sentencing and ordered that he be monitored electronically. Ludwig and his attorney, Linda Sullivan, had no comment on the plea.
The victim requested the plea agreement, and was present with her sister to discuss the deal. She still lives in a condo next to Ludwig's current, soon to be former residence.
"They wanted the certainty of a conviction given the unique proximity with which she lives to him," [Prosecutor John P. Gravalec]Pannone said.
(Update 1-4-08):
Ludwig was sentenced to 3 years is prison and ordered to register as a sex offender for life. There are more details regarding the sexual assault and witness tampering Ludwig committed.
The victim told police that Ludwig came to her apartment to help her with a heating problem, then forced her into her bedroom and raped her with her 2-year-old daughter in the home.
“This is the first case I've had in the 20 years of doing this that the sex assault victim and the assailant literally live next door to each other,” said Gravalec-Pannone.
While Ludwig raped her, the victim was thinking about her sister, who was raped and murdered in South Carolina back in 1991. She called her other sister after the attack, who looked up Ludwig's name on the sex offender registry. Ludwig has a previous conviction of 2nd degree sexual assault against a then 11 year old victim back in 1990.
In the witness-tampering case, Ludwig sent a letter to a church in Texas using the victim's return address. Addressed to a pastor, the letter purported to be a confession by the victim that she had wrongfully accused a man of rape. The letter was returned to the woman because the church had moved to a new address, police said.
Reference:
Waterford Man Pleads Guilty to Sexually Assaulting Neighbor
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