Sex Offender Charged With Plotting To Have His 12-Year-Old Victim Murdered While Behind Bars

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A registered intercourse offender in Rhode Island has been accused of hatching a murder-for-hire plot in opposition to his 12-year-old sufferer whereas behind bars.

According to a press launch from the Department of Justice, a federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment to Chandler Cardente on Wednesday for allegedly attractive a younger lady to interact in sexual exercise – after which plotting to have her murdered to take away her as a witness. He was charged with the enticement of a minor, committing a felony offense involving a minor whereas being a registered intercourse offender, and interstate murder-for-hire.

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According to WPRI, Burrillville Police Colonel Stephen Lynch stated Cardente posed as a 17-year-old boy and first reached out to the 12-year-old lady in July of 2021. The Department of Justice claimed within the assertion that the 28-year-old quickly repeatedly contacted the minor on social media starting on December 3, 2021. Then, he allegedly organized to choose up the lady on December 10, 2021, after she completed faculty that day. Lynch stated on the time, WPRI stories:

“She went out to the soccer field, through the woods, and to Cardente in his waiting vehicle on the side of Route 102.”

Her dad and mom quickly reported her lacking when she failed to come back dwelling. While with the center faculty scholar, the DOJ alleges Cardente had “sexual contact” together with her. She was later discovered “curled up on the side of the road” the following day after he allegedly kicked her out of his automotive when he discovered legislation enforcement was in search of him in connection together with her disappearance. Cardente was arrested and has remained in state custody ever since.

But whereas within the Adult Correctional Institutions, Cardente tried to rent a hitman to kill the 12-year-old and reached out to somebody he didn’t know was an undercover detective to hold out the scheme. An affidavit obtained by WPRI said that he stated throughout an outgoing name in February 2022:

“I got a 12-year-old witness, and she needs to end up dead … you’re OK with that? She’s a witness, she needs to go. I don’t care how she does it.”

He additionally allegedly gave the detective the kid’s identify and tackle. When the undercover cop gave him the possibility to again out of the plot at one level within the dialog, Cardente replied:

“I’m going to go to sleep at night so, I’m fine with it. I just need it done before I get indicted.”

Furthermore, the DOJ claimed Cardente provided the agent $200 in money and gear price $1,500. Beyond tousled…

The intercourse offender was already convicted of kid molestation and sexual assault in 2014 for abusing a 2-year-old boy and a 13-year-old lady, WJAR stories. But if discovered responsible of this newest crime, the DOJ detailed what his potential sentence might seem like within the assertion, saying:

“Enticement of a minor is punishable by a statutory penalty of up to life in federal prison, with a minimum mandatory term of incarceration of ten years; committing a felony offense involving a minor while being a registered sex offender is punishable by a consecutive term of ten years of incarceration to any sentence imposed for enticement of a minor; interstate murder-for-hire is punishable by a statutory penalty of up to ten years imprisonment. If convicted, the defendant’s sentence will be determined by a federal district judge after consideration of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.”

Such an terrible scenario…

If you or somebody you realize has been sexually assaulted, please contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) or go to rainn.org.

[Image via Rhode Island Sex Offender Registry]