WESTFIELD – Two defendants charged with sex crimes are having their cases moved to Hampden County Superior Court.
Jacquet L. Wilson, 47, has been held since his August 29 arrest on charges of rape.
On Monday, it was decided Wilson would continued to be held on $50,000 cash surety, which was set at his August 31 arraignment, while his case is transferred to Superior Court.
At Monday’s hearing, Wilson’s attorney indicated the discovery for defense was incomplete and requested the medical report for the alleged victim.
Wilson was arrested 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 raped he allegedly raped her.
Alan D. White, 48, was arrested on September 3 and charged with two counts of photographing an unsuspecting nude person, reckless endangerment of a child and two counts of disseminating photographs of an unsuspecting nude person.
White has been held on $50,000 cash surety since his September 4 arraignment.
At Tuesday’s hearing, White’s attorney asked for colored photographs taken into evidence by police, stating the black and white photocopies are “of no value,” according to court records.
White’s case will be presented to a grand jury on October 30, according to court records.
On July 9, Westfield police executed a search warrant at 919 Southampton Road as part of an ongoing multi-jurisdictional investigation of child pornography, according to Det. Roxann Bradley’s statement of facts.
White admitted to taking secret photographs of a partially nude child twice between February 2012 and February 2015, according to Bradley.
Additionally, White admitted to giving these photographs to
an individual, known to the Commonwealth, in exchange for sex, Bradley wrote.
Eric Jenney, 45, of Westfield was arraigned June 26 on charges of three counts of possession of child pornography, and while police aren’t confirming nor denying whether these cases are linked, there appears to be a strong connection.
At an August 7 pretrial hearing Jenney’s attorney, Jared Olanoff, said the district attorney’s office is deciding whether to move the case to Hampden County Superior Court.
Jenney, who was released June 29 on $5,000 personal surety, may be due back in Westfield District Court on October 30 unless his case is also transferred to Superior Court.
“Most crimes begin in district court, and the more serious crimes are then brought to the grand jury. If the grand jury issues an indictment, the district court complaint will be dismissed and the case will be handled in superior court,” according to mass.gov. “The district court is generally limited to deciding cases for which the maximum authorized penalty for a crime is not more than five years’ imprisonment.”
Staff Writer Christine Charnosky can be reached at [email protected]
