11/15/12 - A Mexican fugitive is heading to trial in connection with an alleged sexual assault in Unadilla Township. 31-year-old Varnet Brito was bound over to Livingston County Circuit Court for trial following a hearing this week. He is charged with 3rd degree criminal sexual conduct for allegedly assaulting an incapacitated victim in Unadilla Township on March 19th of 2008. Brito spent four and a half years on the run before being arrested by the Blackhawk County Sheriff's Department in Iowo for disorderly conduct and public intoxication. He was extradited to the Livingston County Jail, where he remains incarcerated and a deportation detainer has also been placed on him for having illegal immigration status. (JM)
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