Testicle-Grabbing Charge Dropped But Casper Man Admits To Biting Police Officers

CASPER — A 21-year-old Casper man entered guilty pleas Tuesday in Natrona County District Court to biting the shin of one Casper police officer and biting a second officer in the groin area during an incident April 19.Two other interference charges, including allegations that Sylvester Jakeson Seaton grabbed the second officer’s testicles and interfered with and obstructed his arrest, were to be dismissed as part of a plea deal.Seaton stood in court in orange jail clothes and chains next to attorney Marty Scott, who outlined to Judge Kerri Johnson the terms of the agreement made with Natrona County Assistant District Attorney Patrick LeBrun.Those terms included guilty pleas via an Alford plea, in which a defendant maintains his innocence but acknowledges that the prosecution has sufficient evidence to likely obtain a conviction.

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