PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - 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.
A message left for Rogers’ attorney wasn’t immediately returned.
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