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• Exeter man gets prison term after conviction for soliciting minor

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📰 News we're reading

• Exeter man sentenced to more than 4 years in prison for soliciting minor (coastalabc.com) — A 61-year-old Exeter resident has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison and required to register as a sex offender after soliciting a minor outside a Wakefield business in 2022. The Rhode Island Attorney General's office highlighted the victim's courage, and a Superior Court judge also barred the defendant from contacting the victim or entering the victim's workplace.
   

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Sunday October 11
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Friday October 9
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Tuesday October 13
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why did the cookie go to the hospital?" — Because he felt crummy. (Thank you Sanda J. for sending it in!)
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