Fifth defendant admits role in college students' kidnapping

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — The fifth of nine people charged in the abduction and assault of two New York college students has pleaded guilty in exchange for a 35-year prison sentence.

Prosecutor Matthew Schwartz says the pleas by Perez and four people before him speak to the strength of his office's case against the remaining four defendants, who are scheduled to be tried Oct. 31.