Killingly Convicted Sex Offender Back in Trouble

A  convicted sex offender from Killingly could possibly spend the next 10 years in prison for sexually assaulting an 8 year-old boy.

James Pendertgast, 47, is set to be sentenced on Monday in New London Superior Court on charges of sexual assault and having illegal sexual contact with a minor.

Officers say Pendergast was already on the state's sex offender registry and on probation for a 2003 conviction involving a child.

Last summer, the boy's parents became suspect and complained to police after Pendergast gave their son gifts and a ride home from Finn Beach in Voluntown.
 

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