Crime & Safety
Vernon Man In Custody In Stafford Underage Sexual Assault Case
A man is his 20s is accused of improper actions with an underage girl in north central Connecticut, state police said.
STAFFORD, CT — A now-24-year-old Vernon man is in custody on a pair of $250,000 bonds after being served two sexual assault warrants related to a relationship with an underage, teenage girl, court papers say.
The warrants were served to Nicholas Desorbo on Oct. 10, state police said. They each charge him with second-degree sexual assault and risk of injury to a child for actions that took place in Stafford, according to the warrants.
Parents were alerted to the "possibility of a sexual assault" via messages and diary entries, according to the warrants. The warrants refer to the girl sneaking out of her house and meeting Desorbo to smoke marijuana.
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Desorbo is accused in the warrants of having sex with the girl outdoors in 2021 and filming it in a dark setting with no recognizable faces for a social media platform.
The warrants also accuse him of having a sexual encounter with the girl in his car that winter.
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He is due for his next appearance in Rockville Superior Court on Nov. 17, judicial system records show.
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