More than 12 years after a woman was sexually assaulted in New Haven, police made an arrest by using DNA evidence from a separate case in Waterbury. The development was announced by Capt. Brendan Borer on Wednesday during a press conference at police headquarters. In July 2013, a woman file d a police report after being sexually assaulted in New Haven. “Despite extensive investigative efforts at the time in 2013, the case eventually became inactive and remained unsolved,” said Borer. The case was reopened in 2025, he continued, after the New Haven Police Department was notified by a national database matching DNA evidence from the 2013 case to evidence from a different crime in Waterbury. The Waterbury incident took place on Aug. 27, 2021, according to online court records. In December 2022, the Waterbury Police Department arrested a 36-year-old man in connection to the case on the charge of sexual assault in the first degree. The man, who is from Waterbury, has pleaded not guilty. After combining the DNA evidence with the victim’s statements and medical records, the New Haven Police Department arrested the same Waterbury man on Jan. 30 of this year, said Borer. The man’s charges from the 2013 incident are listed as aggravated sexual assault in the first degree and unlawful restraint in the first degree. Borer said the man is currently in custody, and his bail is set at $750,000. When asked about the three-year gap between the Waterbury arrest and New Haven arrest, Sgt. Cherelle Carr, the supervisor of New Haven’s Special Victims Unit, said, “First of all, as you guys know, it takes time for investigations to happen.” Through the work from Waterbury police, she continued, New Haven police were notified of the DNA match and immediately restarted their investigation. “It’s not something that happens overnight,” said Carr. Mayor Justin Elicker, meanwhile, stressed how new technology is helping the department solve crimes. “I think that these examples make clear that if you engage in illegal activity in the city of New Haven, we will hold you accountable, whether it is in the last year or whether it’s over 12 years ago,” he said. “And the tools that we have, more and more, are helping us solve these crimes, particularly with the commitment of the officers and detectives to follow up” with new evidence. The post Waterbury Man Arrested For 2013 Sexual Assault appeared first on New Haven Independent. ...read more read less