Crime & Safety

Pawtucket Sexual Assaulter Charged With Assault In Prison

The Pawtucket man was scheduled to be released fom prison in 2033.

A Pawtucket man serving a 15-year prison sentence for first-degree sexual assault was charged with simple assault.
A Pawtucket man serving a 15-year prison sentence for first-degree sexual assault was charged with simple assault. (Rachel Nunes/Patch)

CRANSTON, RI — A Pawtucket man serving a 15-year prison sentence for first-degree sexual assault was charged with simple assault.

Oladapo Disu, 28, was arrested Wednesday by the Adult Correctional Institutions Investigations Unit, the Rhode Island State Police said in a media release.

The date of the offense was May 23, according to court records.

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Disu pleaded guilty to first-degree sexual assault in January 2020. Charges of kidnapping, felony assault, alteration of firearm identification marks, using a firearm when committing a crime of violence and weapons other than firearms prohibited were dismissed.

"Mr. Disu was arraigned at Third Division District Court where he was granted $1,000 personal recognizance and remanded to the ACI," the release said.

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Disu was scheduled to be released from the ACI in October 2033.

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