Man admits to rape in Sterling

By: The Citizen staff report

Monday, June 11, 2007 1:49 PM EDT

Minutes before jury selection in his trial, a Cato man pleaded guilty to first-degree rape and second-degree assault in connection with an attack on an 18-year-old woman in Sterling last summer, Cayuga County District Attorney James Vargason announced Monday.
Sentencing for Harold Calkins, 22, White Cemetery Road, will take place Aug. 7. Vargason said he intends to ask for at least 16 years in prison for Calkins.

Calkins was arrested on accusations of threatening to kill an 18-year-old woman July 1, cutting her with a knife and forcing her to perform different sexual acts with him in a wooded area in Sterling.

For more on this story, read Tuesday's edition of The Citizen.

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Brew wrote on Jun 12, 2007 12:55 AM:

" Maybe they should cut out your tongue for talking stupid. "

To disgusted wrote on Jun 11, 2007 11:22 PM:

" It sounds like castration would not have stopped this guy. It was originally reported that he cut her with a knife, made her perform sex acts and did other disgusting things to her that had nothing to do with actual sex, and he cut her hair and clothes too. This was not about sex. This was pure violence, and not having his "goods" would not have stopped him from being violent and sick. I am glad that the victim was spared having to recount this nightmare in public, but the guy should get more time just for making her get so close to having to testify, since she had to get ready for trial with the DA and is probably pretty shook up at the thought of having to talk about it all again. "

disgusted wrote on Jun 11, 2007 9:10 PM:

" This is a perfect example why sexual offenders should be castrated!!! "

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