Crime & Safety
Man Attacked Woman With Rock, Raped Her Near Hiking Trail: DA
A 28-year-old Medford man was arrested in connection to the sexual assault that took place in the Middlesex Fells Reservation Friday.
MEDFORD, MA — A Medford man was arrested on charges he attacked a woman with a rock and raped her near a local hiking trail Friday morning.
Brady McCue, 28, assaulted a 48-year-old woman who was walking near the Leslie Road Trail Head at the Medford/Winchester line in the Middlesex Fells Reservation around 8 a.m., the Middlesex District Attorney's office said in a statement Friday night.
McCue is accused of striking the woman with a rock multiple times before sexually assaulting her.
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Investigators identified McCue after collecting evidence from the scene. He was arrested at his home.
McCue was charged with armed assault to murder, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon causing serious bodily injury, kidnapping and four counts of aggravated rape in connection.
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The victim did not know McCue. She is in stable condition but has serious injuries.
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