Christopher Stein, 42, pleaded guilty in Tompkins County Court yesterday afternoon to first degree rape, according to a statement released by District Attorney George Dentes ’76 yesterday.
According to the statement, “During his plea, Stein admitted that on Oct. 26, 2004, he entered the Mitchell Street residence of the victim, a 20-year-old female, and abducted her at knife point to his residence on James Street, and there raped her.”
Stein has been in the Tompkins County jail since his arrest and was remanded back to jail following his guilty plea, according to the statement.
Stein has yet to be sentenced, and a sentencing date has not yet been sent. According to the statement, first-degree rape carries a sentence from between five to 25 years.
Stein was apprehended in Brooktondale, N.Y. the afternoon of the crime.
Deputy District Attorney Gary Surdell prosecuted the case and Judge John Rowley presided over the hearings.
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