Crime & Safety

Meriden Man Charged With 2002 Sexual Assault: Report

A man who left the country was extradited to face sexual assault charges.

MERIDEN, CT - A local man who had left the country was extradicted to face sexual assault charges, according to the Meriden Record-Journal. Thomas Kindeya, 47, was charged with four counts of first-degree sexual assault and four counts of injury to a minor.

He allegedly told police that he touched a child inappropriately on four occasions in 2002.

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He had been living in England for 12 years, according to court documents.

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