Richard Lafrance
JAMESTOWN – The Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a Busti resident on rape charges following an investigation into an alleged suspicious situation that took place recently in the Towns of Ellery and Sheridan.
The sheriff’s office say 33-year-old Richard Lafrance of Forest Avenue Extension was being held without bail in the county jail on two counts of second-degree rape, three counts of second-degree criminal sex act and first-degree sexual abuse.
The investigation was handled by the Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Division and the New York State Police after a complaint was received May 9. No other details are being released, other than Lafrance being arrested and placed into custody on Monday night.
According to the Post-Journal, Lafrance was convicted in 2006 on charges of second-degree rape and second-degree sexual abuse after an incident took place in Oregon in September 2005 and resulted in a 75-month state prison sentence. As part of the conviction, Lafrance registered as a Level 3 sex offender, meaning he was viewed as having a high risk of committing another sex crime and/or harm to the community.
Lafrance is tentatively scheduled to appear for separate preliminary hearings Thursday in Ellery and Sheridan.
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