WCAX.COM Local Vermont News, Weather and Sports-High-Risk Offender Coming to Orleans County
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Newport City, Vermont - May 6, 2009
Authorities in Newport City are being warned that a high risk sex offender will soon be released from prison into Orleans county.
The Newport City Council was reportedly alerted Monday evening that Gardner W. Carpenter Jr. will be released without supervision on June 13, and he'll be free to live wherever he wants. The 53-year-old was convicted in Newport City in 1988, of kidnapping and sexual assault.
He was sentenced to seven-to-35 years in prison. As of June 13, Carpenter will have served his maximum sentence.
Carpenter is not currently on the online Vermont Sex Offender Registry. However, he will be added once he is released from state custody.
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