Francis Scott, Sexual Exploitation of Minors, Rhode Island 2017

North Providence Man Sentenced to 30 Years for Child Sex Crimes

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A North Providence man who admitted to coercing and sexually assaulting two minor females, and recording the assaults on his cell phone, was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison.

Francis Scott, 42, pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual exploitation of a minor and one count of possession of child pornography. He admitted to coercing and sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl on February 14, 2017, after posing as a ride-share driver. Scott drove the girl to a secluded area and recorded the assault on his cell phone.

Additionally, Scott admitted to coercing and sexually assaulting a 17-year-old female months earlier. He provided her with marijuana and alcohol, and recorded the sexual assault on his cell phone.

"The degradation, exploitation, and depravity represented by this defendant’s abuse of his victims – and his recording of those acts for his own obscene enjoyment, are contemptible," remarked U.S. Attorney Zachary A. Cunha. "Today’s sentence should serve notice that we will bring to bear every law enforcement resource to address this kind of appalling abuse of children."

According to court documents, the Providence Police Major Crimes Unit, the Providence Police Special Victims Unit, and the FBI’s Child Exploitation Unit discovered videos allegedly filmed by Scott of him engaging in sex acts with numerous unidentified women, some of whom appear in the videos to be unconscious or semi-conscious.

Scott was sentenced to 360 months of incarceration in federal prison, to be followed by 20 years of federal supervised release. Additional charges against Scott are pending in Rhode Island state court.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Denise M. Barton. United States Attorney Cunha thanks the Rhode Island Attorney General’s Office for their assistance in preparing the case charged in federal court.

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