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“A 21-year-old Rehoboth man was sentenced to serve seven to 10 years in state prison last Friday after pleading guilty to indictments charging him with two counts of Rape and Abuse of a Child, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced.
Fall River Superior Court Judge Raffi Yessayan also sentenced the defendant, Trevor Breckenridge, to an additional three years of supervised probation and ordered him to register with the state’s Sex Offender Registry Board. The case was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Gillian Kirsch.
On June 27, 2020, the defendant, who was friends with the 14-year-old victim’s older brother, was at the victim’s home, hanging out with her brother. According to the victim, the defendant entered her bedroom, kissed her and pushed her onto her bed. The victim said “no, just kissing,” but the defendant pinned her down, moved her legs apart, moved her shorts aside, and penetrated her vagina with his fingers. The victim continued to tell the defendant “no” and attempted to kick him in the chest to get him off of her. The defendant grabbed the victim’s ankle and then her neck to hold her down. The defendant said “no, this is happening” and then inserted his penis into her vagina while strangling her at the same time. The defendant then got up and left, while the victim was crying. The victim told her brother’s girlfriend what happened almost immediately and her statement to the brother’s girlfriend is the same exact statement she gave to the police. Police were called right away and the victim was taken to a hospital, where the defendant’s sperm was located on the her underwear.
During the pendency of the case, the defendant posted $5,000 bail. While on release, he was arrested for indecent assault and battery on a person over 14. In that case, the female victim alleges the defendant groped her. After his arrest, his bail was revoked and he was detained.
“The defendant took advantage of his position of trust to violently assault the victim. After being released on bail on this case he assaulted other female victims,” District Attorney Quinn said. “He needs to be kept off the streets to protect female victims and society.”-Bristol County District Attorney’s Office.
