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WARWICK MAN SENTANCED ON FELONY MORALS CHARGE
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WARWICK- A founding member of one of the state's largesst computer bulletin
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board networks recieved a seven year suspended sentance after pleading no
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contest to felony moral charges involving two teenagers whom he befriended
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using his computer.
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Michael P. Labbe, 26, of Warwick was sentanced Thursday after reaching a plea
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agreement with the attorney general's office. The victims, who were 15 and 16
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at the time of the offense, were present in the courtroom, and had agreed
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with the sentance.
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Labbe and Jeffrey L. Whitman of Cranston were each arraigned in District
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Court in April 1991 on charges of first-degree molestation and third-degree
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sexual assualt. First-degree childl molestation, which carries up to life in
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prison, involves 14 years or younger.
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When the case was sent to Superior Court, the attorney general's office
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amended the charges to a felony morals offense, which carries a maximum
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10-year sentance. Whitman pleaded no contestto the same charges last fall and
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also received a seven-year suspended sentence.
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Labbe founded his computer bulletin board "Eagle's Nest" and contacted the
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victims through the network. The network, which Labbe operated with Whitman,
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was the oldest and largest bulletin board in Rhode Island and was geared to
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general hobbyists and teenagers.
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As part of the agreement, both men were ordered to undergo counseling and to
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have no contact with either of the boys.
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Pulled from the Providence Journal-Bulletin. 10/3/92
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