David Ouellette walked into a Rhode Island courtroom last week with his freedom hanging by a thread. By the end of a five-day trial, a jury made sure he’d never get it back.
The 65-year-old predator was convicted September 12 of seven counts of first-degree child molestation after jurors heard the sickening details of how he preyed on a young girl he knew and violated her trust for years. The guilty verdict came down in Kent County Superior Court before Justice Brian Van Couyghen, who ordered Ouellette held without bail until his sentencing in November.
Prosecutors laid out a damning timeline: between 1998 and 2002, Ouellette repeatedly molested a juvenile victim. The victim, now an adult, testified to years of trauma and manipulation. Her courage to relive that horror on the stand ultimately sealed Ouellette’s fate…