Former Central Falls Boy Scout leader charged with sexual assault

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — Attorney General Peter Neronha announced Friday that a jury returned an indictment charging a former local Boy Scout leader with sexual assault.

According to the secret indictment, 61-year-old Michael Chalk, of Pawtucket, is charged with two counts of first-degree sexual assault. Chalk was arraigned shortly after the release of the indictment.

The indictment alleges that the assaults took place in Central Falls between 1982 and 1984 against a boy who was 13-years-old or younger.

In court, the state alleges that at the time of the assault, Chalk was an adult leader in a local Boy Scout troop in Central Falls, and the victim was a youth member of the troop. It is further alleged that the assaults took place at St. Matthews Church where the troop held their meetings.

In 1999, Chalk was tried and convicted of several counts of first-degree child molestation and sexual assault against three boy victims and sentenced to serve 20 years at the ACI, followed by a 20-year suspended sentence. Officials said those victims were also members of the Boy Scout troop.

Chalk is scheduled for a pre-trial conference on October 26, in Providence County Superior court.