Convict arraigned in child rape case.Byline: Alexandra Tilsley GARDNER - A Gardner man previously convicted for orchestrating a burglary and a robbery through a social networking Web site See social networking Web sites and social networking site. was arraigned in early July on rape charges at Winchendon District Court. Lawrence M. Lafrennie, 26, of 7 Glazier St. is charged with four counts of statutory rape Sexual intercourse by an adult with a person below a statutorily designated age. The criminal offense of statutory rape is committed when an adult sexually penetrates a person who, under the law, is incapable of consenting to sex. of a child and one count of selling or delivering alcohol to a minor, according to court records. The number of victims is unclear from the record. Mr. Lafrennie's bail was set at $5,000 cash after the July 9 arraignment A criminal proceeding at which the defendant is officially called before a court of competent jurisdiction, informed of the offense charged in the complaint, information, indictment, or other charging document, and asked to enter a plea of guilty, not guilty, or as otherwise permitted . As a condition of his bail, Mr. Lafrennie was ordered to have no contact with the alleged victims. A notice of violation of probation also was also filed, according to court records. Mr. Lafrennie was on probation after pleading guilty in January 2008 to charges of armed robbery, unarmed burglary, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, larceny larceny, in law, the unlawful taking and carrying away of the property of another, with intent to deprive the owner of its use or to appropriate it to the use of the perpetrator or of someone else. from a building, conspiracy to commit armed robbery and conspiracy to commit unarmed burglary. Mr. Lafrennie, two of his siblings and a friend had posed as a teenage girl on the Web site MySpace.com and arranged meetings with two men, Assistant District Attorney Christopher P. Hodgens said at the time of the 2008 incident. One of the men was robbed when he went to a park for what he thought was a meeting with the girl, while the other had his house burglarized while he was out at a prearranged pre·ar·range tr.v. pre·ar·ranged, pre·ar·rang·ing, pre·ar·rang·es To arrange in advance. pre meeting. After pleading guilty, Mr. Lafrennie was sentenced to two years in the House of Correction house of correction n. pl. houses of correction An institution for the confinement of persons convicted of minor criminal offenses. Noun 1. with one year to be served. Judge John S. McCann suspended the balance of the jail sentence for five years with probation. ART: PHOTO CUTLINE: Mr. Lafrennie |
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