NEW: RI Dance Teacher Pleads Guilty to Sexual Assault of Minor

NEW: RI Dance Teacher Pleads Guilty to Sexual Assault of Minor

Former Rhode Island dance instructor Keith Sampson, 37, formerly of Providence pleaded guilty in federal court in Providence on Tuesday to interstate travel to engage in illicit sexual conduct. Sampson admitted to the court that in December of 2007 he transported one of his dance studio students, a 15-year-old girl, from Rhode Island to Easton, Mass for the purpose of engaging in illicit sexual conduct.

According to court documents and information presented to the court, on December 29, 2007, the girls had been left in Sampson's care by her mother on the pretense that she would be spending the night at Sampson's Providence residence with his wife and child. Instead, Sampson admitted to the court that he drove the victim to the home of a relative in Easton, Mass where he provided the victim with alcohol and then sexually assaulted her.

Multiple Charges in Different States

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According to court documents, the assault of the 15-year-old victim happened while Sampson was waiting trail in Massachusetts state court on two counts of statutory rape of a child in an unrelated matter.

In that case, the jury found Sampson guilty of one count of statutory rape. Sampson was sentenced in February 2008 to serve not less than and not more than seven years in prison in Massachusetts state prison.

Based on Sampson's December 2007 assault case, Sampson was indicted and charged in Massachusetts state court with rape of a child with  force and providing liquor to a person under 21. Sampson pleaded guilty to the charges on November 14th and was sentenced to not less than two and half and not more than three years imprisonment, to be served consecutively to the sentence he received as a result of his January 2008 conviction.

In total, Sampson served about seven years in prison in Massachusetts. After his release from Massachusetts State prison, Sampson was placed in federal custody and brought to Rhode Island to face charges in U.S. District Court in Providence brought as a result of the December 2007 assault.

The Case

The case is being prosecuted in federal court in Providence by assistant U.S. Attorneys Richard Rose and Zachary Cunha.

The matter was investigated by the FBI, with the assistance of the Warwick, Rhode Island, and Easton, Massachusetts, Police Departments.

Sampson is set to be sentenced by U.S. District Court Chief Judge William Smith on January 29, 2016.