According to prosecutors, the four men, who are not UMass students, went to the alleged victim's dormitory on Oct. 13 after the woman said she did not want them to visit.
Caleb Womack, shown at bail hearing, is one of four men indicted for rape of a UMass student.
NORTHAMPTON -- A Hampshire County grand jury has indicted four teens on charges that they raped a University of Massachusetts student in her dormitory room.
Adam T. Liccardi, 18, Emmanuel T. Bile, 18, Justin A. King, 18, and Caleb M. Womack, 17, were each indicted on three counts of aggravated rape.
Liccardi was also indicted on an additional count of rape. Liccardi, Bile and King are from Pittsfield. Womack lives in Windsor Locks, Conn.
According to prosecutors, the four men, who are not UMass students, went to the alleged victim’s dormitory on Oct. 13 after the woman said she did not want them to visit. When the student returned from a hockey game, she and the defendants drank in her room. The woman told police that someone then shut the lights and the men took off her clothes and raped her.
Lawyers for the defendants have characterized the encounter as consensual sex. The four have pleaded innocent to similar charges in Eastern Hampshire District Court, where they were initially arraigned in October.
King, Womack and Bile are due to be arraigned in Hampshire Superior Court on Monday.
UMass has been reviewing its security procedures since the incident. Although an electronic pass is needed to enter the residence halls, someone apparently let the defendants in. Resident directors have met with students to reinforce the policy.
After campus security provided him an internal report, UMass Police Chief John Horvath requested the university hire an outside consultant. The consultant will be charged with looking at security in the 45 resident halls and assessing the current system's strengths and weaknesses. In particular, the consultant will study guest registration and review the layout of the buildings for possible security improvements.
Proposals are due Dec. 21. Horvath said he expects to select the consultant during the spring semester.