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36-Year-Old-Man Pleads Guilty to Sexual Assault of a Minor

By Tom Marino | March 13, 2020
Last Updated: March 23, 2021

Joshua Besaw, a 36-years-old man from Thompson, CT, plead guilty to kidnapping and sexual assault of a minor May 2019.

Besaw met the girl in a park in Webster. After convincing her to get into his vehicle he drove to a wooded area in Thompson, CT and sexually assaulted her.

Besaw drove the girl back to Massachusetts and released her in a neighborhood that she was unfamiliar with.

Based on DNA evidence, Besaw was arrested in July 2019 and has been detained since.

With his guilty plea, Besaw faces a mandatory minimum of 20 years in prison and could be sentenced to as much as a life sentence.

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