Tuesday, December 16, 2008

CT: New Hartford Man Faces More Sex Assault Charges

A local man already jailed on charges that he sexually assaulted a 7-year-old child at the town's library in August was charged Monday with sexually assaulting another child, state police said.

Christopher M. Darazs, 29, was charged Monday with first-degree sexual assault, first-degree unlawful restraint, five counts of risk of injury to a minor, and second-degree sexual assault, police said. State police Western District Major Crime Squad detectives served the arrest warrant on Darazs at Superior Court in Bantam.

Darazs, of 426 Main St., in the Pine Meadow section of New Hartford, was charged earlier with first-degree sexual assault, first-degree unlawful restraint and risk of injury to a minor stemming from an incident the afternoon of Aug. 5 at Licia & Mason Beekley Community Library at 10 Central Ave.

In the new case, the incident for which Darazs was charged occurred in April, but was not brought to the attention of authorities until October. 

Darazs remains in jail with bail set at $1 million.

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