PROVIDENCE, RI – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha experiences a Cranston man has been sentenced in Windfall County Superior Courtroom to 35 years on the Grownup Correctional Establishments (ACI) after pleading responsible to Warwick child molestation costs that he sexually assaulting a lady underneath 14 in 2021.
On Might 1, 2025, at a listening to earlier than Superior Courtroom Justice David Cruise, Chandler Cardente, 30, plead no contest to 6 counts of first-degree youngster molestation. Cruise sentenced the defendant to 60 years with 35 to serve and 60 years of probation. Moreover, Cruise issued a no contact order between the defendant and the sufferer. Lastly, the decide ordered Cardente register as a intercourse offender, attend intercourse offender counseling, and be topic to group supervision.
“This defendant deserves each little bit of the prolonged sentence he obtained for his horrible crimes,” mentioned Neronha. “Whereas nothing can undo the ache brought on, the younger sufferer on this case demonstrated unimaginable braveness by telling her story in her distinctive sufferer influence assertion. She is an inspiration for victims all over the place. I’m additionally grateful for the laborious work of the Burrillville Police Division and Cranston Police Division on this tough case.”
Had the kid molestation case proceeded to trial, the State was ready to show past an affordable doubt that on December 10, 2021, the defendant assaulted a feminine sufferer underneath the age of 14 in Warwick after connecting with the sufferer through social media.
“I’m grateful for the tireless work of the Burrillville Police Division and our partnership with Lawyer Normal’s Workplace,” mentioned Colonel Stephen J. Lynch, Burrillville Police Chief. “Circumstances like these are devastating for the sufferer and tough for the group, and I’m grateful that justice can be served.”
Assistant Lawyer Normal Shannon Signore of the Lawyer Normal’s Workplace, Detective Ryan Hughes of the Burrillville Police Division, and Detective Anthony McHugh of the Cranston Police Division led the investigation and prosecution of this case.
