WESTFIELD – A city man was arrested for the second time in a week and this time is being held on $50,000 cash surety after being charged with rape.
Jacquet L. Wilson, 47, was arrested just before 4 p.m. Saturday afternoon near the Tobacco Barn located at 49 Elm Street after the victim told police officers working at the Westfield Rotary Club food fest that she had just been raped and pointed to Wilson, who was in the crowd, as the rapist.
The victim and Wilson had been “hanging out at an event in the downtown Westfield area” according to Westfield Police Det. Scott Phelon’s report.
Allegedly the victim asked to use the defendant’s bathroom in his Elm Street apartment. Wilson then lead the victim into his bedroom where he allegedly raped her.
“The victim stated she was telling him she did not want to do this and to stop throughout the encounter,” Phelon wrote.
Shortly after the incident, the victim told several people what had happened, and they brought her to the police officers working the event to report the crime.
Following his arrest, the defendant denied having any sexual relations with the victim and further denied being in the apartment with her, according to court records.
Westfield police Sgt. Jeffrey Baillargeon reported seeing the defendant and victim together and seeing them walk towards the defendant’s apartment and watching Wilson open the building door for her, according to court records.
Wilson was arraigned in Westfield District Court on Monday at which time bail was set at $50,000 due to the nature of the offense as well as based on the defendant’s record of convictions and status of being on bail pending adjudication of a prior charge.
On August 26, Wilson was arrested around 6:15 p.m. for violation of a city ordinance at 9 Chapel Street and 115 Elm Street.
Westfield Police Capt. Michael McCabe said Wilson was seen sitting on a bench with a 24 ounce can of beer in a paper bag, which he tried to conceal.
He was arrested and charged with open container consumption of alcohol in public.
On September 2, 2014, Wilson had a charge of operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license dismissed upon payment of $100 in court costs and was found not responsible for a charge of operating a motor vehicle without a valid inspection sticker.
Wilson will be back in court on September 28 for a pretrial hearing on the rape charge.
Staff Writer Christine Charnosky can be reached at [email protected]
