Crime & Safety

Sex Assault Suspect Indicted for Rape, Drugging Woman

Aaron Bonds of Dover who worked as a cook in Portsmouth was indicted by a Rockingham County Grand Jury on 11 charges.

A Dover man who is a registered sex offender that police say raped and drugged two women in Portsmouth last summer has been indicted on several charges by a Rockingham County Grand Jury.

The Union Leader reported Tuesday that Aaron Bonds, 43, is now facing 11 charges related to the alleged sexual assault and drugging incident where Portsmouth Police say he gave two women cocaine in July.

at a Portsmouth restaurant where he was working as a cook following the alleged rape and drugging incidents. If convicted, Bonds could face 20- to 40 years in State Prison.

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