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    The man pleads no contest to the reduced charge in what began as a rape case

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    An East Prospect man has taken a plea deal in which prosecutors dropped rape and other charges in a case that accused him of assaulting a transgender woman last year.

    Christopher Vuiller, 36, pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of unlawful restraint with risk of serious bodily injury. The charge was added as part of the plea, according to court documents.

    The York County District Attorney’s Office dropped charges of rape, involuntary sexual intercourse, aggravated indecent assault and sexual assault, as well as a felony charge of making terroristic threats in the process.

    The plea of ​​no contest, under the Latin legal term “nolo contendere”, meant that Vuiller did not admit guilt but also did not contest the charges and was sentenced as if he had been guilty.

    York County Common Pleas Court Judge Joseph Adams then sentenced Vuiller to five years of probation for unlawful restraint. Vuiller was also ordered to comply with sex offender conditions, court documents show.

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    The prosecutor’s office and Vuiller’s attorney, Christopher Ferro, did not respond to requests for additional information about the plea agreement Wednesday afternoon.

    Vuiller was charged in June 2023, according to Lower Windsor Township police responded to 911 calls at a home in the first block of North Main Street in the East Prospect neighborhood.

    There, police said they found Vuiller outside and allegedly drunk. The victim was inside the home, locked in a bathroom and crying, charging documents state.

    Vuiller allegedly told police at the scene that he met the woman through the LGBTQ+ dating app Grindr and they were supposed to meet for sex. The woman also told dispatchers that she was at the house for a hookup, police allege in the indictment.

    But the encounter turned sour, with the woman alleging Vuiller threw her into a bedroom and then sexually assaulted her despite telling her to stop multiple times, according to charging documents.

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    The woman eventually punched Vuiller, knocking him down, then locked herself in the bathroom, the charges state. She also claimed Vuiller tried to break into the bathroom and threatened to shoot and kill her, charging documents state.

    Vuiller also called 911 to report being falsely accused of rape and that the sex was consensual, police alleged in charging documents.

    Police said a loaded gun and a leather mask Vuiller allegedly wore during the incident were found in the home.

    Vuiller was arrested at the scene. Police said he refused to speak to an officer while in custody because he allegedly punched the cell walls and yelled that he would not speak without an attorney, charging documents state.

    Police also noted that Vuiller was in the U.S. Navy and moved to Pennsylvania with a Michigan driver’s license.

    Court documents show Vuiller was free on bail when he was sentenced after posting $150,000 bail the day after his arrest.

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    — Contact Aimee Ambrose at [email protected].

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