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January 9, 2008

Newport sailor accused of computer sex crime

NAUGATUCK, Conn. -- Naugatuck police have arrested a member of the U.S. Navy who is stationed in Newport and charged him with using the Internet to talk with someone he thought was a 14-year-old girl.

Police say Justin Williams, 24, has been charged with criminal attempt at risk of injury to a minor, criminal attempt at second-degree sexual assault and use of a computer to entice a minor to engage in sexual activity.

Naugatuck police had help with the investigation from Perverted Justice, a volunteer organization that targets predators.

Court documents did not list an attorney for Williams. According to a letter sent to local media by Lisa Rama, a public affairs officer with the Newport Naval Station, Williams has at the station as an E5 since March 2006.

Rama said she would not be releasing a statement, adding that the Navy had been cooperating with the investigation, which remains a Civil matter.

Williams, who lives in the Wakefield section of South Kingstown, was held on $100,000 bond and is due back in court Monday.

-- With reports from the Associated Press

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