Plymouth man indicted on rape, domestic violence charges

NORWALK — A Plymouth man was indicted earlier this month for allegedly raping a woman inside a mobile home park. Winston A. Sizemore, 35, 100 block Maple St., was indicted by a Huron County grand jury on April 4 on the following charges: • Three counts of bribery, each a third-degree felony • Three counts of domestic violence, each a fourth-degree felony • Two counts of rape, each a first-degree felony • One count of felonious assault, a second-degree felony • One count of intimidation, a third-degree felony • One count of criminal damaging or endangering, a first-degree misdemeanor Background Just after 11:30 a.m. on March 18, Plymouth's police department received a call from a woman stating that a man had allegedly assaulted a woman. When officers arrived at the residence, the woman, who reported the incident, allegedly told officers that she did not want Sizemore at her residence before walking outside. An officer then began speaking with the woman who was allegedly assaulted by Sizemore and asked her if she would like to tell them about what occurred, to which she replied "not really," according to a Plymouth police report. The officer explained to the woman the nature of the complaint and asked if she wanted to file any charges. The woman allegedly told officers that she didn't want to press charges and just wanted to leave. Officers noted that the woman appeared to be concerned about saying anything in front of the caller. The woman eventually told officers that she had called a close family member of hers due to it being "the fourth day in a row that (Winston) had been hitting her," the report states. The woman further explained to the officers that she had come to the caller's house from a mobile home park in Greenwich, as she thought it was safer since it belonged to a close family member of Sizemore. The woman reportedly told officers that, while at the home, Sizemore struck her in the face in front of a family member, causing blood to gush all over the sun room, the report states. When officers asked the caller if she had seen Sizemore hit the woman, she allegedly said that she didn't see anything but did notice the woman's nose bleeding and that she was crying, which prompted her to ask Sizemore to leave her house. Police noted that the victim of the attack showed officers where Sizemore had hit her and found blood on the floor, the end table, the armrest of the couch, and on the sweatshirt she was wearing at the time, the report states. While outside with the officers, the woman also informed them that she was halfway to the caller's house before a sheriff's deputy picked her up and drove her the rest of the way. The woman allegedly said that Sizemore had hit her and made her have sex with him while at the mobile-home park, which prompted her to walk to the caller's house, the report states. The woman told officers that, after she left, Sizemore began to follow her in his car. He got out of his truck to confront her, proceeded to push her down to the ground, and allegedly threatened her by saying that if she told anyone, he would kill her and her whole family, the report states. As of this weekend, Sizemore remains at the Huron County Jail, with court records indicating that his bond has been revoked. He has an upcoming court hearing scheduled at 1 p.m. on April 29.