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September 27, 2007

Sex offender, accused again, back in prison

A convicted sex offender, accused of raping a woman in Cumberland while he was on probation, today was ordered to serve the remainder of his sentence from the previous conviction.

Gary P. Lamountain was indicted on two counts of first-degree sexual assault and one count of larceny in 2003 after attacking a woman he had known for 20 years and stealing stereo equipment. He was given a 20-year sentence with five years to serve and 15 years suspended.

Lamountain was released April 23 of this year after serving three years of his five-year sentence at the Adult Correctional Institutions.

Lamountain, labeled a level three, or “high risk” sex offender, was arrested Aug. 12 after a 27-year-old woman accused him of breaking into her Cumberland apartment and raping her.

At a violation hearing today in Superior Court, Providence, Judge Gilbert Indeglia ordered Lamountain to serve the 15 years that had been suspended as part of his previous sentence.

The police were in the process of putting a notification to let neighbors know a registered sex offender was in the area, but the notice was posted on the police department’s Web site the day after Lamountain's arrest.
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-- projo.com staff writer Brandie M. Jefferson, with reports from Journal staff writer Philip Marcello

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