Essie Billingslea was convicted of rape three different times and in 2006 a judge committed him for life as a sexually dangerous person.

Essie Billingslea, 46, was found guilty by a jury last month of breaking into the home of an Arlington woman in 2014 and raping her at knifepoint.

REPEAT OFFENDER: Essie L. Billingslea was found guilty yesterday in Middlesex Superior Court on three counts of aggravated rape and more charges stemming from a June 1, 2014, incident.

A man with a history of rape convictions who had been freed from a treatment center for the sexually dangerous when he raped an Arlington woman in 2014 has been sent to prison for life.

ARLINGTON, Mass. — A woman who was raped more than 25 years ago by a serial sex offender said she did not know that Essie L. Billingslea had been released until she learned he was accused in ...

Essie Billingslea, 45, is charged with breaking into the woman's home Sunday and sexually assaulting her at knifepoint. He was caught by police fleeing the scene.

A jury found Essie Billingslea guilty of breaking into home of an Arlington woman and raping her at knifepoint in 2014, according to the Middlesex District Attorney’s office. Billingslea, 46, of ...

No bail for sex offender accused in knife attack A level 3 registered sex offender charged in connection with a home invasion and sexual assault in Arlington was held without bail Monday.

Essie Billingslea, 34, was charged in Boston Municipal Court Central Division on Oct. 7 with three counts of larceny over $1,200, according to the Suffolk District Attorney’s Office.

Essie L. Billingslea, a convicted rapist who won his release last year after convincing a jury he was no longer sexually dangerous, declined to press for bail today on new charges that he raped a ...

On paper it appeared that Essie Billingslea, a 45-year-old convicted rapist, had been following state laws, registering with Boston police every 30 days and listing as his address a homeless ...