Crime & Safety

NK Man Arrested For Sexual Assault

A North Kingstown man, 32, is being held after his arrest Saturday on charges of sexual assault, theft and battery in a 4 a.m. incident at a West Shore Road home, the Providence Journal reported Tuesday.

David Wayne Hazard of Yorktown Road was held at the Adult Correctional Institutions over the weekend and was ordered held pending a bail hearing. He is a probation and parole violator in previous unrelated charges.

Police said an intruder entered the home, physically and sexually assaulted the victim, whom he may have met before, and left the residence with prescription medication belonging to the victim.

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