« Rocco Mediate: From U.S Open to CVS Classic | Today | Chinese drug maker ordered to forfeit about $2.7 million »

June 18, 2008

2 Bristol men plead not guilty to child molestation

PROVIDENCE -- Two Bristol men who had served as foster parents pleaded not guilty in Providence County Superior Court this morning to multiple felony child-molestation charges.

Special Magistrate Joseph A. Keough ordered the couple, Raymond Grenier, 54, and Sedonio Rodrigues, 57, both of 26 Sampson St., to remain held without bail at the Adult Correctional Institutions, in Cranston.

Grenier is charged with three counts of first-degree child molestation, two counts of second-degree child molestation and one count of indecent solicitation of a child. Rodrigues is charged with two counts of first-degree child molestation and one count of indecent solicitation of a child.

A Providence County grand jury indicted the men on the charges, which related to the alleged sexual abuse of a 14-year-old boy from Sept. 1, 2005, and Dec. 31, 2006, in Bristol.

Bristol police had arrested Grenier and Rodrigues last February after the state Department of Children, Youth and Families received an anonymous tip to its child abuse hotline.

The DCYF, after a preliminary investigation, determined that the couple’s two adopted children and two foster children were in “immediate peril,” and removed the children from the home. Grenier and Rodrigues had been licensed for foster care since 2001.

Both are being represented by court-appointed lawyers. The judge ordered Grenier and Rodrigues to have no contact with the alleged victim.

A pre-trial conference is scheduled for Sept. 18.

-- Journal staff writer Meaghan Wims

Posted by Mike McKinney  at 1:21 PM | Permalink

Comments

Post a comment

Please be civil. Vicious comments, personal attacks and profanity won't be published. Name and email are required; email address will not publish.

Name:

Email Address:

URL:
Remember Me? YesNo

Comments: (you may use HTML tags for style)