3 Pa. Guard members face trial in sex assault

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3 Pa. Guard members face trial in sex assault
The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday Dec 18, 2008 18:06:10 EST

LEBANON, Pa. — Three Pennsylvania National Guard soldiers will face trial on charges of sexually assaulting a woman inside a barracks building a year ago.

The men waived their preliminary hearings Thursday before District Judge Michael Smith. Smith set a tentative March trial date.

Police say the 37-year-old woman went to the Fort Indiantown Gap base with the men voluntarily after meeting them at a Jonestown tavern.

Authorities say the woman told investigators she initially engaged in consensual sex with one of the men, but was later forced to engage in various sexual acts with all three.

Alan Ledford Jr., 27, Sean McMenamin, 24, and Matthew Taggart, 23, had been scheduled to be deployed to Iraq. They must remain in the U.S. to face trial.


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