Crime & Safety

Stalking Suspect Followed Woman To Fairfield: Report

The man is accused of asking the woman to perform a sex act on him at a rest area, according to state police.

FAIRFIELD, CT — A New Britain man is accused of following a woman to a rest area on I-95 in Fairfield and asking her to perform a sex act on him, according to the Connecticut Post.

Daniel Tepfer of the Post reports the woman left a rest area in Darien after a man approached the driver’s side of her car and stared at her while she was eating, only to find the same man approach her again in the Fairfield parking lot.

This time, the woman told State Police that the man leaned up against her window and asked her to perform a sex act on him, according to the Post.

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The man was identified as Awad Awad, 31, who told police that meeting up with the woman a second time was just a coincidence and he denied making the request, according to the Post.

Awad was charged with second-degree stalking and second-degree breach of peace and was released after posting a $5,000 bond, according to state judicial records. He is scheduled to appear in court on March 27.

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Read more details on the arrest at the Connecticut Post here.

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