By David Winters
Watertown Daily Times
October 22, 2008
http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20081022/NEWS05/310229969/0/FRONTPAGE/ Police++man+fondled+girls+at+church
RICHVILLE — A Gouverneur man has been accused of repeatedly fondling two girls at Richville Baptist Church.
Robert D. Storie, 59, was charged Tuesday with five counts of second-degree sexual abuse, three counts of third-degree sexual abuse and two counts of child endangerment, all misdemeanors.
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He is accused of fondling the girls — ages 15 and 12 — after coaxing them to hug him while attending the church at 209 Main St. during the last two months, state police investigators said in a press release. The investigation is continuing.
He was arraigned in Gouverneur Town Court and sent to St. Lawrence County jail, Canton, on $500 bail. A hearing in DeKalb Town Court is pending.
"We regret that these incidents happened and we're praying for the people involved," Richville Baptist Church Deacon Larry R. Pratt said Tuesday night.
Mr. Storie was convicted in February 2003 in Gouverneur Village Court of third-degree sexual abuse, the St. Lawrence County district attorney's office said. He was charged in October 2002 by Gouverneur village police with third-degree sexual abuse and child endangerment after he reportedly had sexual contact with a 14-year-old girl.
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