Crime & Safety

Men Charged with Raping 14-Year-Old Indicted by Grand Jury

The men, one from Coventry, the other from West Warwick, allegedly raped the girl over several days across Rhode Island.

Two men arrested by state, Coventry and West Warwick police for allegedly kidnapping and raping a 14-year-old girl over several days last summer have been indicted by the Statewide Grand Jury.

Robert Perry, 57, of Murray Street, Coventry; and Lloyd Baker, 54, of Harris Street in West Warwick, each were charged with rape, conspiracy and enticement of a child for the alleged crimes that happened last August when Perry lured the girl into his car and drove her to a motel in Johnston.

Police said it was there that Perry raped the girl several times before Baker then took the girl to West Warwick where he also raped her.

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The girl was eventually dropped off at a bus station by both men in Providence and later found in New York City two weeks later.

Both men were arrested by the state police on Monday and arraigned in Kent County Superior Court. Both pleaded not guilty and were ordered held without bail.

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Perry is facing four counts of first-degree rape, one count of second-degree rape, one count of conspiracy to commit first degree sexual assault, and one count of conspiracy of enticement of a child.

Baker was charged with one count of first degree sexual assault, one count of conspiracy to commit first degree sexual assault, and one count of conspiracy of enticement of a child.

Both men are due back in court on Nov. 16 for a determination of attorney hearing and Nov. 30 for a pretrial conference.

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