Stamford man, 61, charged with sexually assaulting girl when she was 12 or 13
Channel: News Scope
Date: 09/01/2024

Stamford man, 61, charged with sexually assaulting girl when she was 12 or 13, police say

 61-year-old city man is accused of sexually assaulting a girl beginning when she was middle school-aged, according to an arrest affidavit.

Hermes Barreto-Avalos was arrested Monday and charged with third-degree sexual assault, second-degree unlawful restraint and two counts of risk of injury to a minor.

The girl, whose current age was not given, came forward to police on Oct. 15, according to the arrest affidavit. She told officers that two weeks earlier, a man she identified as Barreto-Avalos, who was known to her, had sexually assaulted her, as he had done in the past, the affidavit said.