MILWAUKEE — A man charged with kidnapping and attempting to sexually assault a woman in Milwaukee after she rejected his romantic advances has pled guilty to felony charges.
Online court records show Angelo Liberto, 22, of Franklin changed his plea from not guilty on Wednesday, Nov. 11.
Prosecutors say Liberto kidnapped a woman in May as the two were on their way to a bar. The pair had gone on several dates in months prior, and the woman told Liberto she just wanted to be friends.
Liberto allegedly threatened the woman with a gun and a knife, then forced her to handcuff herself to the back seat of his car before driving off. Liberto told investigators that he planned to sexually assault the woman and then planned to kill her at a lake house.
The woman was able to call 911 while inside the car and was rescued when a Milwaukee County sheriff’s deputy stopped the car on I-41.
A judge dismissed one felony count of false imprisonment against Liberto after plea negotiations on Wednesday. Liberto is due back in court for sentencing on the attempted second-degree sexual assault and kidnapping charges on Jan. 14.
