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BENNINGTON â Florida police spoke Wednesday about seeing Leonard Forte walking and breathing without trouble, which prosecutors said contradicts Forteâs claims of being in such bad health his decades-old child sex case should be dropped.
Forte, 79, is accused of sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl at his Landgrove vacation home back in 1987. A retired investigator in New York, he was convicted the following year, but the presiding judge ordered a new trial, saying the female prosecutor had prejudiced the jury by being too emotional.
Forte began presenting evidence this week that he is too sick to be retried; therefore, his three felony charges should be dismissed â assertions he has made since the 1990s. State prosecutors believe Forte has been lying all along and have been gathering supporting evidence.
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BENNINGTON â On the evening of July 31, a young man lost consciousness in the bathroom of his home in Sunderland. His mother found him lying on the floor. He was airlifted that same night to Albany Medical Center, where he was taken off life support and declared dead the following day.
First responders reported seeing a white powdery substance in the manâs nostrils and around his nose and mouth. They suspected a drug overdose. Doctors at Albany Medical apparently reached the same conclusion.
In September, the Bennington County Stateâs Attorneyâs Office charged a Manchester resident, James Pecor, with selling heroin that resulted in the fatal overdose of Travis Winchell. Then last month, the prosecutorâs office dismissed the charge.
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BENNINGTON â A woman who is the longest-held Bennington County defendant has pleaded guilty to molesting a teenage boy in 2017. She faces three years to life in prison at her sentencing next month.
The woman, Stephanie Duval, 22, pleaded guilty to a felony count of sexual assault (no consent) during a Feb. 16 hearing. She admitted having sex with a 14-year-old boy on Oct. 1, 2017 at a Bennington home where sheâd been staying. She was then 18 years old, whereas he was below the age of consent.
Deputy Stateâs Attorney Kirsten Morgan told the court that Duval entered the boyâs bedroom and got into bed with him. The prosecutor said the boy told Duval to leave after she began assaulting him, but she continued.