Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Bay City man pleads no contest to sexually assaulting sleeping stranger the day his trial was to begin
The morning his trial was to begin, a Bay City sex offender charged with molesting a woman he did not know accepted a plea offer rather than face a jury. Manuel O. Cantano III, 44, on Tuesday morning appeared before Bay County Circuit Judge Joseph K. Sheeran and pleaded no contest to second-degree criminal sexual conduct and third-degree home invasion. In exchange, prosecutors agreed to dismiss single counts of operating a motor vehicle on a suspended license and operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Though potential jurors gathered at the courthouse today for the trial, jury selection did not have the chance to begin before Cantano pleaded.
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