SPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) – A man has pleaded guilty to charges in connection to a previously unsolved 2000 sexual assault case.

Payton North, spokesperson for the Hampden District Attorney’s Office, said that Jamie Dodge of Brownville, ME entered his guilty plea on Wednesday to charges including aggravated rape and kidnapping.

Authorities said that a sexual assault was reported on Sand Hill Road in Holland on July 23, 2000. Holland Police - along with State Police troopers assigned to the local barracks, State Police detectives assigned to the D.A.’s office, the State Police Air Wing, and State Police K-9 units - went to the scene to search for a suspect. The victim, an adult female, reportedly told investigators that she was walking around the road when she was grabbed from behind, p

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