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January 15, 2008

Former councilman in court on teen sex charge

A former Central Falls councilman is set to appear in court today after the police say they found him in a car, partially dressed, with a 15-year-old in the back seat.

Luis Gil, who resigned as a Central Falls councilman, was arrested Nov. 12. He faces additional charges after an investigation following his arrest.

Gil and the boy are alleged to have met in August while the boy waited for a RIPTA bus in Pawtucket, according to state police Capt. Stephen Lynch. Gil allegedly approached the boy, but the boy declined to go with him and got on the bus, Lynch said.

Gil followed the bus until the boy got off, and agreed to to with the councilman, Lynch said. They drove to Lincoln Woods in Lincoln, where they allegedly engaged twice in consensual sex, Lynch said.

They later went to the former rectory of the Notre Dame Church, which is privately owned, where they had consensual sex a third time, according to Lynch.

Gil faces four charges of third-degree sexual assault, which involves a defendant older than 18 who engages in sexual penetration with someone between 14 and under 16.

He is set for a pre-arraignment conference today in District Court, Providence.

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