Vikram Srimurthy '95 was found guilty of a sexual assault misdemeanor in Hanover District Court on March 8, after allegedly touching the breasts of a freshman without her consent.
John Barrett '96 plead guilty in Hanover Court on Mar. 8 to charges of driving while intoxicated and simple assault of a Hanover Police officer.
Srimurthy was fined $500, of which $150 was suspended pending a psychiatric evaluation and compliance with any recommendations made in that evaluation.
Srimurthy plead not guilty to the charge of sexual assault, because "any contact he made with the victim's chest was inadvertent," he told investigators.
Also, according to court documents, Srimurthy initially denied any physical contact with the victim, but later recanted his story and signed a written statement for detectives that corroborated what the victim said.
The victim said she met Srimurthy, a consultant at the Kiewit Computational Center, when she went to Kiewit to inquire about problems with her computer.
The woman said Srimurthy told her it would be best if he looked at the computer himself and accompanied her back to her room.
According to court documents, the woman told Hanover Police investigators that Srimurthy began to massage her shoulders as she sat at her computer.
Then, when he asked her to retrieve a certain item from the computer, Srimurthy pulled her onto the bed and began massaging her breasts, the woman said.
"She attempted to tell the defendant to stop any advances that he made," Chris O'Connor of the Hanover Police told Judge Joseph Daschbach during the trial.
Srimurthy had no prior police record and did not have a record with the College, according to his attorney, Claude Buttrey. Srimurthy refused to comment about the court's ruling.
Barrett was fined a $250 plus a $50 penalty for the simple assault charge.
He also received a $350 fine and $70 penalty for the charge of driving while intoxicated. His license was revoked for six months.
Barrett is required to attend an impaired driver intervention program in Hanover or an equivalent program in his home state.
Barrett also declined to comment.
