Longmont woman accused of rape agrees to plea deal

A 54-year-old Longmont woman accused of drugging and raping a male friend last year could spend up to five years behind bars after pleading guilty this afternoon to menacing and third-degree assault.

Janice McCarl will be sentenced Jan. 22. She faces prison and hefty fines but won’t have to register as a sex offender -- a result that the victim did not agree with, prosecutor Catrina Weigel said.

He "felt she should have to be required to register,” Weigel said.

McCarl’s case was scheduled to go to trial this week, but attorneys agreed to a plea deal at the last minute. If she had been convicted of sexual assault, McCarl could have been sentenced to up to 16 years in prison.