Pawtucket man convicted of child molestation
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Superior Court jury has convicted Roger Morin, 49, of 300 Front St., Pawtucket, of child molestation in a case dating to 20 years ago, Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch said in a news release Friday. The jury cleared Morin of a second charge of child molestation. The jury delivered its verdict Wednesday to Judge Robert D. Krause. The victim alleged that she had been molested by Morin from 1989 to 1992. Krause ordered Morin, who had been free on bail since his Dec. 8 arraignment on one count of first-degree child molestation and 15 counts of second-degree child molestation, held without bail at the Adult Correctional Institutions. A motion for a new trial is scheduled for Nov. 20. A Providence County Grand Jury in December indicted Morin on one count of first-degree child molestation and 15 counts of second-degree child molestation resulting from allegations of child molestation by five victims on dates ranging from Sept. 28, 1989, to Aug. 27, 2004. The crimes were alleged to have taken place in Bristol and Warren. At the time of the indictment, Morin listed an address at 15 Melrose Rd., Bristol. Krause severed the case of the first victim, now an adult, from the other four, for the purposes of trial. The other four cases, incorporating 13 counts of second-degree child molestation, are still pending. "What makes this conviction important is that it stems from allegations of child molestation dating 20 years," Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch said in the news release. "It's a case of perseverance paying off, and we're grateful that it did because the defendant is alleged to have continued to molest children and accumulate victims. "We look forward to prosecuting this convicted pedophile on the pending charges, and gaining justice for his other victims as well." Assistant Attorney General Craig Montecalvo and Special Assistant Attorney General Nicole DiLibero presented three witnesses at trial: the victim, the Department of Children, Youth and Families worker who, in 1992, took a statement from the victim; and Rhode Island State Police Detective Chris DiComitis who, in 1992 and while still serving as a Warren Police officer, also interviewed the victim. 
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