Sentenced Reduced for Trooper Resident in Mentally Disabled Sexual Assault Case

According to the Times Herald, Shawn Charles Stankina, 31, of Long Meadow Road in Trooper, had been re-sentenced in the case where he was charged with the sexual assault of a mentally disabled 19-year-old man.

The original sentence called for Stankina to serve 7 years and six months to 15 years in a state prison, followed by 20 years’ probation. With his reduced sentence, Stankina now faces five-to-10 years with 20 years’ probation.

The reduction was due to Stankina’s lawyer, Basil D. Beck III, and his argument that testimony given in August by a relative of the victim was “unfairly prejudicial,” as the relative was not qualified to include medical opinions in that testimony.

According to a previous report, Stankina had the victim in his presence during multiple incidents between 2008 and 2009.

Stankina was charged with rape of a mentally disabled person, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a person with a mental disability and indecent assault of a person with a mental disability.

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