NORWICH – It took the jury a total of three hours to deliberate before they found Kyle J. Hackett not guilty of rape in the first degree in the Chenango County Courthouse on Thursday, June 23. The jury found the defendant guilty of the lesser charge of rape in the third degree, a class E felony; sexual abuse in the first degree, a class D felony; and endangering the welfare of a child, a class A misdemeanor.

Hackett faces a maximum of up to 11 years in prison.