Tuitamaga Peter Namulauulu, 32, Kewadin, pleaded guilty this morning in the 33rd Circuit Court to assault with intent to commit criminal sexual conduct involving sexual penetration. The crime carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison.

Namulauulu was originally charged with Criminal Sexual Conduct, Third Degree (Incapacitated Victim), a 15-year felony.

According to the affidavit of probable cause filed in the matter, in the early morning hours of April 29, 2018 in the City of Charlevoix, Namulauulu entered the bedroom of a woman who was asleep and sexually assaulted her.

The woman had met Namulauulu earlier that day. She had stayed home while the defendant and a group of friends went out to a bar.

Namulauulu will be sentenced on September 28.