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A Fitchburg, Mass., man who is
HIV-positive and had unprotected sex with several partners without informing
them that he was infected with the virus pled guilty to related charges and was
sentenced to three years in prison on October 24. The Massachusetts man, who is
now 20, was 19 when he was charged with three counts of assault and battery
with a dangerous weapon and one count of statutory rape—one of his partners was
only 13 years of age. According to the Fitchburg District Court documents, the
statutory rape charge was reduced to indecent assault and battery on a child
under 14, and one of the three charges of assault and battery with a dangerous
weapon was dropped.
The Fitchburg man will spend three
years in the Worcester House of Corrections, with credit given for the 199 days
that he has already served during the time of his trial. After his release he
will be on probation with monitoring until October 2017. Upon his release he
has been ordered to stay away from his victims and cannot have any contact with
children under 14. In addition he will be required to undergo counseling and
submit a DNA sample to the state.
The Friends of AIDS Foundation is
dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for HIV positive individuals and
empowering people to make healthy choices to prevent the spread of the HIV
virus. To learn more about The Friends of AIDS Foundation, please visit:
http://www.friendsofaids.org.
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