The second man charged in a 2012 sexual assault case involving a Joliet woman in Aurora pleaded guilty Monday morning to a lesser charge that does not require him to register as a sex offender.
Corderro Pollard, whose trial was scheduled to begin Monday at the Kane County Judicial Center in St. Charles, pleaded guilty to simple battery, a class A misdemeanor, in exchange for a sentence involving 180 days of work release, 24 months of probation, sex offender probation and evaluation, a $500 fine, and $400 in court costs.
He is to obtain the sex offender evaluation within 90 days and follow any recommendations. Pollard, now 27, will receive credit for 16 days served in jail before he was released on bond.
Dropping felony sex assault charges, Kane County Circuit Judge John A. Barsanti accepted Pollard’s plea in open court after breaking for several minutes to confer with attorneys for both sides. Pollard, who wore a gray suit to the courthouse Monday, previously pleaded not guilty to aggravated criminal sexual assault and criminal sexual assault.
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“This is a resolution to a very old case that held the defendant accountable and that the victim was in agreement with,” said Kane County State’s Attorney Joseph McMahon.
Pollard and two other men were initially accused of having sex with the woman while she was too intoxicated to consent in August 2012 after a night of drinking ended at the Kenilworth Avenue residence where, according to court records, Pollard and co-defendant Eric Stallworth were roommates.
Stallworth and Pollard both admitted to having sex with the woman while in the same room at the same time, and in the presence of each other, prosecutors stated in court documents.
Stallworth and Shammrie Brown were also charged with sex assault after the initial Aurora police investigation, the Beacon-News reported. Stallworth pleaded guilty to unlawful restraint in 2015 and was sentenced to probation and periodic imprisonment.
Prosecutors accused Brown of failing to intervene on the woman’s behalf during the alleged assault, but dropped the initial case against Brown and instead charged him with misdemeanor battery. He is next due in court Sept. 26.
Brown was listed in court filings as a potential witness for prosecutors, who also sought to introduce statements the woman made to medical personnel, records show.