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March 10, 2008

Update: Foster parents face child molestation charges

Two men who are accused of molesting a child while working as foster parents were ordered held without bail in District Court after waiving their right to a bail hearing.

The state was ready to move ahead with a hearing, but defendants Sedonio Rodriques, 57, and Raymond Grenier, 53, both of Sampson Street in Bristol, admitted "proof of guilt is evident or the presumption (of guilt is) great," Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch's office said in an afternoon statement.

Rodriques and Grenier did not admit guilt by waiving right to the hearing, and because they face felony charges, no pleas are entered at the District Court level, which does not adjudicate felonies, Lynch's office said. Since the men are charged with capital offenses, a grand jury will investigate.

The couple is accused of molesting a 14-year-old.
The state has six months to secure indictment or the men would again have the right to a bail hearing.

Judge Albert E. DeRobbio, who ordered them held with out bail in District Court, Providence, today, barred the defendants from contact with the children involved. The men were also ordered to surrender passports.

DCYF began investigating the couple in November after receiving a tip on its child abuse hotline.

The Department of Children, Youth and Families took custody of two foster children and two adopted children who had been living with the men.

According to the agency’s executive counsel, the investigators concluded that the children were in “immediate peril and removed them from the house.

The two were arrested without incident on Feb. 22. They face multiple charges of first and second degree child molestation, and attempted first-degree child molestation.

-- projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney, with Journal archival reports

Posted by Mike McKinney  at 4:41 PM | Permalink

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