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NW Ind. girl sentenced for handcuff assault of boy

Posted October 12, 2011 12:00 am

Associated Press

VALPARAISO, Ind. — A 17-year-old northwestern Indiana girl charged with handcuffing at knifepoint and sexually assaulting a special needs student has agreed to plead guilty to felony charges and accept a four-year prison sentence.

The Valparaiso teenager told a Porter County judge on Tuesday that she confined the boy with handcuffs and threatened him with a knife. The Times of Munster reports that prosecutors are dropping the more serious charge of criminal deviate conduct in exchange for her guilty pleas to criminal confinement and intimidation charges.

Authorities say that when the girl was 16 in April she and a 15-year-old girl lured a 17-year-old boy to a house and confined him for hours.

The younger girl has been sentenced to an undetermined length of time at a state girls school.

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