Massachusetts Man Indicted For Rape Of A Child
Richard Jones of Marblehead, Massachusetts is a janitor at an elementary school in that town. He now stands indicted on four counts of rape of a child with force and four counts of indecent assault and battery on a person under the age of fourteen. According to reports, two of the victims were from Marblehead and one of the victims was from Peabody. They complained that Jones touched them inappropriately, forced them to perform oral sex on him and digitally penetrated them. The allegations pertaining to the Peabody girl stem from incidents alleged to have occurred between 1982 and 1986. The allegations pertaining to the other victims are more recent, ending in 2007. This case will be prosecuted in the Essex County Superior Court in Salem.
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Rape of a child with force is a crime under G.L. c. 265 Section 22A. The law states that anyone who has forcible sex with a person under the age of sixteen can be punished in state prison for up to life. A conviction for a second offense under this statute carries a minimum mandatory five year state prison sentence. The indecent assault and battery charge is governed by G.L. c. 265 Section 13B. There is a ten year state prison sentence authorized by this statute.
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