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

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[Warning: Potentially Triggering Content] A registered sex offender in Rhode Island has been accused of hatching a murder-for-hire plot against his 12-year-old victim while behind bars.

According to a press release from the Department of Justice, a federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment to Chandler Cardente on Wednesday for allegedly enticing a young girl to engage in sexual activity – and then plotting to have her murdered to remove her as a witness.

He was charged with the enticement of a minor, committing a felony offense involving a minor while being a registered sex offender, and interstate murder-for-hire. Related: Mother Charged After Co-Sleeping Leads To Two Of Her Children’s Deaths According to WPRI, Burrillville Police Colonel Stephen Lynch said Cardente posed as a 17-year-old boy and first reached out to the 12-year-old girl in July of 2021.

The Department of Justice claimed in the statement that the 28-year-old soon repeatedly contacted the minor on social media beginning on December 3, 2021.