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DATE: THURSDAY, April 4, 1991                   TAG: 9104040106
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-4   EDITION: STATE 
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DATELINE: LEXINGTON                                LENGTH: Short


ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY MAN GUILTY OF RAPE

A 26-year-old Rockbridge County man was found guilty Wednesday of statutory rape and sentenced to four years in prison.

Robert Fitzgerald, a laborer, was accused of having sex with a 13-year-old girl in Glasgow last Dec. 1.

After the 40-minute trial, a jury deliberated for about two hours before reaching its verdict.

Since late 1989, Fitzgerald has also been convicted of disorderly conduct, driving while intoxicated, malicious wounding, resisting arrest, possession of marijuana, destroying property and grand larceny, according to court records.



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