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State Police Arrest Two For Soliciting Children for Sex

Rhode Island State Police Public Safety Complex, Scituate RI.

[CREDIT: RISP] RI State Police have charged Richard Manchester, 60, with two counts of Indecent Solicitation of a Child.
[CREDIT: RISP] RI State Police have charged Richard Manchester, 60, with two counts of Indecent Solicitation of a Child.
WARWICK, RI — RI State Police report two recent arrests of men they’ve charged with soliciting children online for sex, one from Connecticut and another from Warwick.

Members of the Rhode Island State Police/Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force conducted two separate ICAC investigations recently, leading to the arrests, according to an announcement from Col. James M. Manni, Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police.

Details of the investigations and arrests are included below:

Richard Manchester, 60, of 72 Deerfield Drive, Warwick, was arrested on two counts of Indecent Solicitation of a Child after an investigation was initiated into Manchester soliciting a person he believed to be a fourteen 14-year-old Rhode Island boy for sex and to send nude photos.

Manchester was taken into custody by State Police after visiting a pre-arranged location to meet the boy for sex. Manchester will also be arraigned at Third Division District Court this morning.

Geoffrey DeMatteo, 31, of 34 White Hollow Road, Northford, CT, was arrested on one count of Indecent Solicitation of a Child after an investigation was initiated into DeMatteo soliciting a 13-year old Rhode Island boy to perform sex acts while video chatting.

[CREDIT: RISP] RI State Police have charged Geoffrey DeMatteo, age 31, of 34 White Hollow Road, Northford, CT, with one count of Indecent Solicitation of a Child.
Task force members obtained an arrest warrant and DeMatteo was taken into custody at his Connecticut residence with the assistance of the Connecticut State Police and North Branford Police Department.

DeMatteo was presented in a Connecticut court as a fugitive from Rhode Island. After waiving extradition proceedings, members of the Rhode Island ICAC took custody of DeMatteo and transported him back to Rhode Island.

DeMatteo will be arraigned at Third Division District Court this morning.

A person found guilty of Indecent Solicitation of a Child shall be imprisoned for not less than five years.

 

Rob Borkowski
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