WESTFIELD/SPRINGFIELD—A Westfield man received a 13 and a half to 15 year sentence in state prison following a guilty verdict stemming from ” the 2015 Indecent Assault and Battery of a minor,” according to a press release from Hampden District Attorney Anthony D. Gulluni.
According to the press release, Jesse Caisse received the guilty verdict and sentencing. James Leydon, spokesman for Gulluni, expanded on the verdict, saying that there were three total counts of indecent assault and battery on a person 14 or over that Caisse was found guilty of during a jury trial, which occurred at Hampden Superior Court in Springfield. Sentencing, according to Leydon, was then given by a judge. The total sentence received for the three counts, according to Leydon, was 13 and a half to 15 years in state prison.
Photo of Jesse Caisse, as provided by Hampden County District Attorney Anthony D. Gulluni’s office
According to the press release, the charges stemmed from an arrest of Craisse at his home in Westfield, on July 18, 2015. According to the release, “members of the Westfield Police Department applied for and was granted a warrant for his arrest after an initial investigation into the allegations Caisse indecently assaulted a minor. The victim involved was [14] years old at the time.”
Prior to the arrest, according to an article from The Westfield News about Caisse’s arraignment on charges on July 20, 2015, a then-14-year-old female went to the Westfield Police Department on July 17 “to report she had been sexually assaulted that day, according to court records.”
Previously, according to another article from The Westfield News on April 15, 2015, “The Westfield Police Department reports that a city resident, Jessie James Caisse Sr., 44, of 739 Holyoke Road, who has been designated a Level 3 offender by the Sex Offender Registry Board, has registered with the department.”
Further into the latter article, it was reported that “In 1998, Caisse was convicted of two counts of indecent assault and battery on a child younger than 14 years-of-age two counts of rape of a child with force.” The press release reported that Caisse previously served a 10-year state prison sentence after being “previously convicted of child rape in Northampton in 1998.” He was also a registered level 3 sex offender at the time of the July 2015 assault, according to the press release.
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Commenting on the conviction, Hampden County District Attorney Anthony D. Gulluni stated, “My deep appreciation to the victim in this case for coming forward and working with law enforcement to bring Jesse Caisse to justice. I hope this favorable verdict brings a sense of justice to the victim and the victim’s family. My thanks to the Westfield Police Department and Assistant District Attorney Carrie Russell for the thorough investigation and successful prosecution of this matter.” D.A. Gulluni went on to say, “The protection of children from this type of abuse and exploitation is a most solemn duty carried out by prosecutors. As evidenced by this verdict we will continue to prosecute offenders as aggressive as the law allows. ”
