Lincoln Residents Have Scheduled Protest at Convicted Pedophile Richard Gardner’s New Home

Lincoln Residents Have Scheduled Protest at Convicted Pedophile Richard Gardner’s New Home

Richard Gardner is facing opposition at his new home in Lincoln, Rhode Island. In 1988, Gardner kidnapped a boy in Warwick and sexually assaulted him on a ball field. That same day, he abducted a boy from a Warwick library and sexually assaulted him. Gardner, at the time of the two assaults, was on bail awaiting sentencing in Massachusetts for kidnapping and raping another child in the woods.

Gardner was released from the Massachusetts prison system in October 2018 after serving nearly 30 years.

Since his release he has lived in three locations in Rhode Island — first South Providence, then in Cranston, and now in Lincoln.

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Now, residents have scheduled a protest outside of his home -- according to the organizers, the details of the event are as follows:

Richard Gardner Protest - Wednesday 11th

14 Knowles Street

5-8 pm

Do not go on his property

 

Gardner Thrown Out of Federal Hill Hotel

Last weekend GoLocal reported that convicted pedophile Gardner -- whose Cranston residence was raided by police earlier in the week -- was kicked out of a Providence hotel after the owner discovered he was there.

"[Gardner] and his wife checked in [Sunday night],” said Gianfranco Marrocco, owner of the Hotel Dolce Villa on Federal Hill in Providence, on Sunday. 

Marrocco provided the photos of the licenses that Gardner and his wife used to check in — before he asked them to leave when he discovered them on the premises. 

“The [licenses] are what they used to check-in," said Marrocco. "When I walked by him in the corridor, I recognized them and asked them to leave."

Marrocco noted that his children spend time at the hotel. 

“They should put right there on their licenses ‘child molester’ like a scarlet letter,” said Marrocco. 

 

Cranston Home Raided by State Police and Cranston Police

Less than two weeks earlier, the Rhode Island State Police in conjunction with the Cranson Police searched Gardner's residence in Cranston. 

"This is an ongoing investigation whereby members of our ICAC / Computer Crimes Unit assisted the Cranston Police Department with the execution of a search warrant on 11/29/19 at 12 Old Park Avenue in Cranston," Major Timothy Sanzi with the Rhode Island State Police said at the time.

"I have nothing further to discuss at this point in time," added Sanzi, following the search warrant execution. 

The State Police would not disclose what was searched -- or removed -- for further investigation.