HARTFORD CITY, IN — A Hartford City man has withdrawn his guilty plea to a rape charge.

In August 2023, Anthony Romano, now 30, was charged with two counts of rape, along with criminal confinement and battery, in Blackford Circuit Court.

According to court documents, Hartford City police began an investigation that month after receiving a call from a nurse at a hospital in Columbus, Ohio, reporting a 24-year-old woman had been assaulted in Blackford County.

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