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A former University of Maine student, Oscar Sparrow, 24 of Orono, was sentenced to 45 days for two counts of assault following a guilty plea in Penobscot County Superior Court Thursday.
Assistant District Attorney Alice Clifford said a plea agreement was reached for the two counts of assault from the charges of sexual assault of a minor. She said assault is not a lesser charge, and is known as inappropriate touching. As a result of the plea, Sparrow will not have to register as a sex offender. The charges in question stemmed from an alleged incident with a 15-year-old.
Also on Thursday, Sparrow was fined $500 for a disorderly conduct conviction, from a fight on May 2, 2003 outside Number 10 North Main in Old Town. As part of his condition of his release, he was not supposed to posses or consume alcoholic beverages.
On June 8, 2003 Sparrow was arrested for violations of his condition of release and furnishing alcohol to a minor by UMaine public safety following an incident in Estabrook Hall. Four days later he was charged with sexual assault of a minor. Justice Joseph Jabar sentenced Sparrow to 20 days in jail for the charges to be served concurrently with the 45 days for the assault charges. He is to begin his sentence on Oct. 17.
Sparrow withdrew from UMaine on Aug. 8. While at UMaine he was a resident assistant, a former member of Sigma Phi Epsilon, which hosts Rock Against Rape, and a former president of the rape awareness advocacy group, Brothers Enganged Against Rape.
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