Woonsocket Man Sentenced to 30 Years for 2003 Child Molestation

Superior Court Justice Sarah Taft-Carter has sentenced Anibal Acevedo, 42, with a last known address of Laundry Street, Woonsocket, RI, to 30 years, with 20 to serve, for multiple counts of first and second degree child molestation, according to the RI Attorney General's office.  

Acevedo was also ordered to undergo sex offender counseling and will be subject to lifetime sex offender registration, community notification and GPS monitoring pursuant to the Jessica Lunsford Act, Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin's office reports.

Acevedo was found guilty by a Providence County Superior Court jury in February of two counts of first degree child molestation and three counts of second degree child molestation. 

During the trial, the State proved beyond a reasonable doubt that Acevedo molested a young girl, whom he was familiar with, on two occasions in 2003, when she was approximately 12 years of age.  The victim reported the molestation in 2009, according to a release from the AG's office.

Woonsocket Police Detective (retired) Kevin Hammann led the investigation and Assistant Attorney General Feidlim Gill prosecuted the case on behalf of the Office of Attorney General. Acevedo has been held without bail since November 2010.