Providence man pleads guilty to sexual assault charges
A Providence man charged in 1st District Court with sexually assaulting a young woman pleaded guilty to amended charges on Wednesday. Richard Royal Cornell, 74, pleaded guilty to single counts of first-degree forcible sodomy and second-degree forcible sexual abuse. As part of a plea agreement, three first-degree felonies and a single second-degree felony were dismissed. Prosecutors agreed to a concurrent sentencing, and Cornell is to receive credit for time served, defense attorney Shannon Demler told the court. Cornell has been held in the Cache County Jail since March 3, 2020, and charges w...