WORCESTER — A Charlton woman was sentenced to 10 years in jail for raping her 12-year-old foster child.
According to a statement from Worcester County District Attorney Joseph Early, Heather Wright-Craft, 52, of Charlton was sentenced yesterday to two concurrent prison terms of 10 years to 10 years and 1 day for two aggravated rape of a child convictions.
On Sept. 12, 2025, Wright-Craft was found guilty of one count of rape of a child, aggravated by age difference, and one count of rape of a child, aggravated by being a mandated reporter. The jury acquitted her of one count of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14. Following the verdict, her bail was revoked, and she was taken into custody.
According to the Worcester County District Attorney’s Office, the rapes took place in 2015 in Charlton while Wright-Craft was fostering the victim. Wright-Craft was arrested and charged in Dudley District Court in August 2017 before she was indicted in Worcester Superior Court in March 2018.
“Assistant District Attorney Thomas Ayres and Victim Witness Advocate Rachel Murphy did an excellent job on this case,” Worcester County District Attorney Early said. “I also want to recognize the great investigative work conducted by the Charlton Police Department on the case.”