Crime & Safety
Updated: Newport Man Charged with Trespassing
Police said the man forced his way into the woman's apartment and raped her.
A 26-year-old Newport man was charged trespassing Saturday after he allegedly forced his way into a Newport woman's apartment.
Update: Police said initial charges of rape have been dropped after the alleged victim recanted her story.
Police responded to the Festival Field apartment complex for a report of a disturbance and said Terry Hilson Jr. was arrested a short time later.
Police said Hilson knew the woman and a no-trespass order was in effect.
Hilson was free on $20,000 bail on charges of second-degree child abuse charges stemming from incident last June in which he allegedly slapped a one-year-old child's face.
Hilson was arraigned and is being held without bail at the Adult Correctional Institutions in Cranston on the new charges.
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