Man Sentenced For Assaulting Child, Must Register With Sex Offender Registry
LEE, Mass. — Anthony Delsoldato was sentenced on Wednesday March 1 on two counts: Indecent Assault and Battery of a Child and Assault and Battery.
In April 2021 Lee Police and Massachusetts State Police responded to a residential address in Lee for a report that a 7-year-old victim had been sexually assaulted by Anthony Delsoldato.
Delsoldato was sentenced on the first count, Indecent Assault and Battery of a Child, to 5 years probation with the following five conditions. The defendant shall complete a sex offender evaluation and follow all recommendations; the defendant shall complete a mental health evaluation and follow all recommendations; the defendant shall execute waivers/releases as required by the probation officer; the defendant shall have no contact and remain 500 feet from the child's person, residence school and work place; and the defendant shall have no contact with children under 16 years of age.
On the second count, Assault and Battery, Delsoldato was sentenced to 2.5 years in the Hose of Correction, split to serve 18 months with the probation conditions identified above.
On March 2, following the indictment on March 1, Anthony Delsoldato was convicted by plea agreement of indecent assault and battery on a person 14 or over. The March 2 conviction by plea agreement requires Delsoldato to be registered with the Sex Offender Registry Board.
The Lee Police Department (Officer Pleu) and the State Police Detective Unit State (Troopers Moozi, Wood and DeSantis) served as law enforcement for this case. A forensic interview was completed at Kids' Place in Pittsfield. Victim Witness Advocate Carmen Guevara supported the child and members of the child's family throughout the case. Chief of the Child Abuse Unit, Assistant District Attorney Stephanie Ilberg, represented the Commonwealth. Honorable Judge Agostini presided.
