West Bend man sentenced for abducting and raping woman

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A West Bend man is sentenced in Walworth County Court to 35 years in prison for abducting and sexually assaulting a woman he knew at gunpoint in the town of East Troy in May 2018.

44-year-old Jason A. Littel was convicted by a jury October 2nd on five counts of first-degree sexual assault and one count of false imprisonment, all with a dangerous weapon enhancer.

The victim spoke in court Tuesday, telling Judge Phillip Koss that her life will never be the same, and she asked for the sentence to require Littel’s to change forever, too.

District Attorney Zeke Wiedenfeld said crimes such as Littel’s are some of the worst there are and asked for a sentence of 50 years in prison and 30 years of probation.

Defense attorney Leslie Johnson asked for 20 years in prison with five years or more of probation.