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Man, 68, guilty of raping boy, 12 (Child rapist gets suspended sentence -- Massachusetts)
Worcester (MA) Telegram and Gazette | 5/31/03 | Murray
WORCESTER, MA - A 68-year-old Chino Avenue man was sentenced to jail yesterday after being convicted of sexual assaults on a child.
Joseph H. Garceau, of 95 Chino Ave., was found guilty by a Worcester Superior Court jury on charges of child rape and indecent assault and battery on a child. The crimes, involving a 12-year-old boy, occurred between Feb. 1 and March 31, 1998, in Worcester.
Judge Francis R. Fecteau sentenced Mr. Garceau to 2/4 years in the House of Correction with one year to be served. Judge Fecteau suspended the balance of the sentence for five years with probation. As conditions of probation, Mr. Garceau was ordered to undergo any sex offender counseling recommended by the Probation Department and to have no unsupervised contact with anyone under the age of 18.
Assistant District Attorney Joseph J. Reilly III recommended a sentence of 2/4 years in the House of Correction with 18 months to be served. The prosecutor proposed the balance of the sentence be suspended for five years with probation.
Defense lawyer Margaret R. Guzman asked that Mr. Garceau, who testified at trial he did not commit the crimes with which he was charged, be spared a jail sentence. Ms. Guzman said it was unlikely Mr. Garceau would survive the sentence recommended by the prosecution, given his age and failing health.
Four other indictments against Mr. Garceau were dismissed at Mr. Reilly's request.
Those charges were unnatural rape of a child, two counts of indecent assault and battery on a child and a morals offense. Mr. Reilly said he moved for the dismissal because the alleged victim, a female, had recanted her allegations against Mr. Garceau.
Worcester (MA) Telegram and Gazette | 5/31/03 | Murray
WORCESTER, MA - A 68-year-old Chino Avenue man was sentenced to jail yesterday after being convicted of sexual assaults on a child.
Joseph H. Garceau, of 95 Chino Ave., was found guilty by a Worcester Superior Court jury on charges of child rape and indecent assault and battery on a child. The crimes, involving a 12-year-old boy, occurred between Feb. 1 and March 31, 1998, in Worcester.
Judge Francis R. Fecteau sentenced Mr. Garceau to 2/4 years in the House of Correction with one year to be served. Judge Fecteau suspended the balance of the sentence for five years with probation. As conditions of probation, Mr. Garceau was ordered to undergo any sex offender counseling recommended by the Probation Department and to have no unsupervised contact with anyone under the age of 18.
Assistant District Attorney Joseph J. Reilly III recommended a sentence of 2/4 years in the House of Correction with 18 months to be served. The prosecutor proposed the balance of the sentence be suspended for five years with probation.
Defense lawyer Margaret R. Guzman asked that Mr. Garceau, who testified at trial he did not commit the crimes with which he was charged, be spared a jail sentence. Ms. Guzman said it was unlikely Mr. Garceau would survive the sentence recommended by the prosecution, given his age and failing health.
Four other indictments against Mr. Garceau were dismissed at Mr. Reilly's request.
Those charges were unnatural rape of a child, two counts of indecent assault and battery on a child and a morals offense. Mr. Reilly said he moved for the dismissal because the alleged victim, a female, had recanted her allegations against Mr. Garceau.
