BURRILLVILLE – A person accused of getting intercourse with a 12-year-old woman from Burrillville who he met on-line – and later attempting to have her killed – retracted his not responsible plea to 6 counts of kid molestation on Thursday in Windfall Superior Court docket.
Chandler Cardente, 30, will serve 35 years on the state expenses, in keeping with reports. Cardente can be going through federal expenses within the case, with sentencing in U.S. District Court docket scheduled for June.
The case dates again to 2021, when Cardente reportedly met the sufferer on Snapchat claiming he was 17-years-old, and organized to select her up at Burrillville Center Faculty. Police later situated the woman in Warwick, the place Cardente had left her on the aspect of the highway.
Months later, whereas locked up on the ACI, Cardente reportedly provided an undercover regulation enforcement officer money and tattoo tools to kill the sufferer, saying she was a witness.
Cardente was a registered Stage 3 intercourse offender previous to the Burrillville incident. He was convicted of first diploma youngster molestation in 2014 for expenses in West Warwick, and was sentenced to 5 years.
In March, Cardente pled responsible to federal expenses of enticement of a minor, fee of a felony whereas being required to register as a intercourse offender and interstate homicide for rent, a plea that additionally requires 35 years.
Cardente initially pleaded not responsible to the state expenses and retracted the plea on Thursday, Might 1, in keeping with information within the state prison database.
