'Friend' Accused of Sexual Assault Could Face 14 Years in Jail

A homeless woman who thought she was staying with a friend she could trust, was instead sexually assaulted early Wednesday and thrown out of a Mount Pleasant motel room, according to a criminal complaint.

Adam Applegate, 40, was charged Wednesday in Racine County Circuit Court with one count of third degree sexual assault. He faces up to 10 years in prison and up to $25,000 in fines if convicted. Because Applegate was convicted of of misdemeanor battery in 2009 and of felony battery in 2010, a conviction could mean up to an additonal four years in prison.

According to the criminal complaint and a written release from the Mount Pleasant Police Department, officers responded to a call at the Knights Inn early Wednesday morning for a report of a sexual assault.

When they arrived, a woman told them she was staying with Applegate at the hotel. After he made suggestive remarks to the victim that she told police made her uncomfortable, the woman went outside. The defendant reportedly told the woman to come back inside or leave so she went back into the room.

When she lay down on the couch to go to sleep, the report reads, Applegate attacked her. The defendant then allegedly tried to assault her again, the woman attempted to leave, and that's when Applegate picked her up and threw her out of the room.

South Shore Rescue transported the woman to Wheaton Franciscan All Saint's for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.

Applegate remains in the Racine County Jail on a $10,000 cash bond. He will appear before Court Commissioner Alice A. Rudebusch for a preliminary hearing on Nov. 1.