PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — A man from Richmond has been sentenced to 30 years, with 13 to serve at the Adult Correctional Institute in Cranston, after pleading nolo contendere to two counts of first-degree child molestation.
According to Attorney General Peter Neronha, 54-year-old Christopher Mitchell was sentenced on Monday, with an additional no contact order between Mitchell and the victim instituted.
Neronha said that if the case had proceeded to trial, the state was prepared to prove that Mitchell had sexually assaulted a female victim under the age of 14 between 2021 and 2025…