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McCoy Watkins appears in trial at the Portage County Municipal Court in Ravenna, in January, 2024.

Former Kent State student enters guilty plea over two charges of rape

Michael Neenan, Reporter August 3, 2024

A former Kent State student entered a guilty plea Wednesday, July 31, stemming from two charges of rape, which allegedly occurred in November 2022. McCoy Watkins agreed to charges on two counts of...

Judge denies bond modification request of Kent State student arrested on rape charges

Leah Shepard, Managing Editor May 31, 2023

Kent State student McCoy Watkins, who was arrested on two counts of first-degree felony rape in April, will remain under house arrest until his trial in June, a common pleas court judge ruled Wednesday...

Connor Hendry, former KSU student, turns and apologizes to the victim while reading his statement during his sentencing hearing on Aug. 26, 2019. 

Former Kent State student released from jail two months early in Centennial C sexual assault case

Hendry was released early from jail after pleading guilty to charges related to the sexual assault of a Kent State student in the Centennial C dormitory in April 2018.  Hendry’s attorneys filed a request...

157 Lounge on S. Water Street in downtown Kent on Oct. 18, 2017.

Update: Pino, 157 Lounge and other local court cases

Brandon Bounds and Laina Yost August 29, 2018

The following is an update on the status of four court cases relevant to Kent or Kent State. Pino to be sentenced in SeptemberFormer Kent State professor Julio Pino is scheduled to be sentenced on Sept....