Kidnapper Gets Sentenced To 45 Years For Abduction, Assault Of 80-Year-old Woman

COVENTRY, RI — A man was sentenced to 55 years in prison for the August 2024 abduction and assault of an 80-year-old Coventry woman.

Steven Henning, 54, pleaded guilty in June to charges of first-degree robbery, breaking and entering, kidnapping, assault, possession of a stolen vehicle, driving without consent of the owner and eluding law enforcement.

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He was sentenced Friday to 55 years in prison with 20 years suspended and another 10 tacked on since he is a habitual offender.

Coventry police investigating a report of a kidnapping learned the 80-year-old woman had been taken from her home in Smithfield.

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Police linked the abduction to Henning, who led them on a high-speed chase before he was ultimately apprehended in Providence.

The woman was hospitalized following her ordeal.

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