A 34-year-old man pleaded guilty to multiple charges, including rape, in Essex Superior Court Monday, where a judge sentenced him to prison for assaulting a teen girl in her sleep, prosecutors said.
Anthony Bowden, of Albany, New York, pleaded guilty to rape, open and gross lewdness and distributing obscene matter to a minor, Essex County District Attorney Paul Tucker’s office said in a statement.
A 16-year-old girl, who was known to Bowden, woke up to him sexually assaulting her in her sleep on April 28, 2024, in Salem, Assistant District Attorney Haleigh Reisman said in court, according to the statement…