Rhode Island man gets 15 years for sexually assaulting girl

May 9, 2017 9:12 pm

By: The Associated Press

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A Rhode Island man is headed to prison for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl.

Attorney General Peter Kilmartin’s office says 24-year-old Jamal Rogers, of Woonsocket, was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years behind bars.

He must register as a sex offender for the rest of his life. Rogers was convicted in January of five counts of second-degree sexual assault.

Prosecutors say Rogers sexually assaulted the girl after pulling her into a wooded area behind a swing set at a Woonsocket park in February 2012.

The victim later reported the assault to a school counselor, who alerted police.

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