GUILTY WI - Antoine Pettis accused of raping 101-year-old Milwaukee woman, 1 Sept 2014

Milwaukee police say DNA from a relative led to the identification and arrest of a suspect wanted for a sexual assault. This is just the second time in Wisconsin history DNA has been used in this way.

24-year-old Antoine Pettis of Milwaukee was charged on Tuesday, November 18th after he was identified by familial DNA and later confessed to the sexual assault of a 101-year-old Milwaukee woman. The charges he now faces include: burglary, aggravated battery and second-degree sexual assault.

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Antoine Pettis pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of mental disease/defect on Tuesday, December 2nd to multiple charges in connection with the alleged sexual assault of a 101-year-old woman...

In an interview with investigators, Pettis admitted to entering the woman’s home near 35th and Florist around 2:00 a.m. on September 1st. Pettis said he went into the home with another suspect with the intention of burglarizing it. When he found nothing that he wanted to steal, Pettis admitted to sexually assaulting the victim and fleeing the scene.

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A 20-year-old Milwaukee man who raped a 101-year-old woman after breaking into her home was sentenced Thursday to 30 years in prison.

Antoine Devon Pettis initially had pleaded not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect, but he changed that plea after a doctor's report did not support it. Earlier this month, he pleaded guilty to all three charges: second-degree sexual assault, use of force; aggravated battery to an elderly victim; and burglary...

The woman raped by Pettis did not attend Thursday's sentencing hearing but submitted a videotaped statement that Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Jeffrey Wagner watched.

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