FARMINGTON – A 60-year-old Wilton man was sentenced to one year in the state correctional facility Friday afternoon on charges of gross sexual assault and unlawful sexual contact of a 12-year-old boy.
In his court hearing, James A. Richman pleaded no contest to each of the two charges. In handcuffs and with his attorney Andrews Campbell by his side, Richman had three of the charges dismissed but ultimately was convicted of the third count of unlawful sexual contact, a class C felony.
A former neighbor of the Academy Hill School in Wilton, Richman is already serving two years of a four-year sentence for one felony count of unlawful sexual contact with a younger boy. Last spring Richman was convicted by a jury of one count of sexual contact and was acquitted of five other similar charges in relation to the youngest boy, who was 9 or 10 at the time. Following his release, Richman will be on probation for a term of six years.
Assistant District Attorney Andrew Robinson claimed that once Richman befriended the boy back in the spring of 2002, he then took him on trips shopping and to the beach and eventually allowed him to spend the night at his home. After which Richman allegedly made unlawful sexual contact with the child.
In a statement made after the sentencing, Campbell said on behalf of his client, “Everyone involved in this matter has been touched by tragedy and I hope that this is the start of a new chapter in everyone’s lives.”
Currently held at the state correctional facility in Warren, Richman will return there to serve the remainder of his original sentence concurrently along with the most recent one-year sentence.
Richman is also being sued for $1 million by the state Department of Human Services on behalf of the two children. The money, if any that the court awards to the boys, would go into a trust fund available to them when they reach the age of 18. Richman has denied all the lawsuit allegations and with the aid of Campbell has filed a counterclaim.
Both boys are presently undergoing therapy for sexual abuse and are under state care in therapeutic foster homes.
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