Crime & Safety

RI Man Indicted for Woonsocket Molestation

The Providence County Grand Jury reported out an indictment charging Alan Jennings, 21, with one count of first-degree molestation.

A 21-year-old Providence man who molested a child under 14 in Woonsocket last year has been indicted by the Providence County Grand Jury.

Alan Jennings, of 160 Broad St., Providence, was charged with first-degree child molestation by Woonsocket police earlier this year.

The state Attorney General, Peter F. Kilmartin, announced the indictment on Wednesday.

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The alleged crime took place between June 1 and Aug. 23 of 2014 and Woonsocket police handled the invstigation.

Jennings is due to be arraigned in Providence County Superior Court on Dec. 9.

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Jennings is currently being held at the Adult Correctional Institutions in Cranston.

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