RAVENNA, Ohio (WKBN) — A Canfield man learned his sentence Monday in a Kent sexual assault case.
McCoy Watkins, 23, was ordered to serve 365 days in the Portage County Jail, with work release. He will also be on probation for five years and will have to register as a Tier 1 sex offender for 15 years, according to court records.
He was also ordered to pay fines and have no contact with the victims in the case.
Watkins pleaded guilty to two fourth-degree felony charges of gross sexual imposition in August as part of a plea dea.
Watkins was arrested in April, accused of raping a 19-year-old woman and an 18-year-old woman at a home near Kent State University on Nov. 11.
According to a report from the Kent Police Department, the two women reported being sexually assaulted by Watkins after a party at the home in November. One victim said Watkins got into bed with her and sexually assaulted her until she was able to get him off of her.
Another woman at the house reported that Watkins also forced her down on a couch and forcibly touched her.