Warwick Man Sentenced to Serve 15 Years in State Prison for Child Molestation
Monday, February 20, 2023
A Warwick man has been sentenced in Providence County Superior Court to serve 15 years at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) after pleading to sexually assaulting a male victim under the age of 14 between 2014 and 2016.
At a hearing on February 9, 2023, Michael Elgar, age 41, entered a plea of nolo contendere to two counts of first-degree child molestation.
At the hearing before Superior Court Justice Richard Raspallo, the Court sentenced the defendant to 30 years, with 15 years to serve at the ACI, and a 15-year suspended sentence and 30 years of probation.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTThe defendant was ordered by the Court to register as a sex offender, complete sex offender counseling, and is subject to community supervision, including GPS monitoring for life. The court also issued a No Contact Order between the defendant and his victim.
“The words are difficult to say, but this is truth: this defendant sexually assaulted a boy he knew, repeatedly, over a number of years. No sentence is long enough, and nothing can undo the devastating harm the defendant’s conduct visited on his young victim. But that courageous boy stood up, came forward, and ensured that this defendant will no longer be in a position to harm others. I am so grateful to him and his family,” said Attorney General Peter Neronha. “I am also grateful to the Providence and Coventry Police Departments for their outstanding work in this case.”
Had the case proceeded to trial, the State said it was prepared to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that between 2014 and 2016, the defendant sexually assaulted a male victim under the age of 14, who was known to him, at a residence in Providence and a location in Coventry.
The victim reported the assaults to law enforcement several years later in 2021.
Detective Koren Garcia of the Providence Police Department, Detective Paul Pacheco of the Coventry Police Department, and Special Assistant Attorneys General Amanda Jacober and Meagan Thomson of the Office of the Attorney General led the investigation and prosecution of the case.
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