Crime & Safety

Vernon Police Arrest Manchester Resident On Sexual Assault Charge

A Manchester resident has been charged in a Vernon sexual assault investigation.

A Manchester resident has been charged in a Vernon sexual assault investigation.
A Manchester resident has been charged in a Vernon sexual assault investigation. (Chris Dehnel/Patch)

VERNON, CT — A Manchester man has been arrested for first-degree sexual assault in Vernon.

On Friday, both Vernon and Manchester police picked up 46-year-old Dana Murphy on a warrant.

The warrant shows that the victim in the case is a woman in her 30s.

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Murphy spent the weekend in the Vernon Police Department lockup on a quarter-million-dollar bond and was to be arraigned in Rockville Superior Court on Monday, records show.

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