2008-12-25 / Police Reports

3 Pa. Guard Members Face Trial In Sexual Assault

LEBANON, Pa. (AP) - Three Pennsylvania National Guard soldiers will face trial on charges of sexually assaulting a woman inside a barracks building a year ago.

The men waived their preliminary hearings last Thursday before District Judge Michael Smith.

Police say the 37-year-old woman went to the Fort Indiantown Gap base with the men voluntarily after meeting them at a Jonestown tavern.

Authorities say the woman told investigators she initially engaged in consensual sex with one of the men, but was later forced to engage in various sexual acts with all three.

Twenty-seven-year-old Alan Ledford Jr., 24-year-old Sean Mc- Menamin, and 23-year-old Matthew Taggart had been scheduled to be deployed to Iraq. They must remain in the United States to face trial.

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