State police have arrested a Gales Ferry man who is accused of sexually assaulting a girl for six years, from when she was 3 until she was 9.
State police started investigating Philip Denning, 50, when they received a complaint on April 22, 2014 from the Department of Children and Families, reporting suspected child sexual. Police said the alleged sexual assaults occurred while the victim was visiting Denning at a home in Canterbury.
After a lengthy investigation, police received an arrest warrant from Danielson Superior Court on Tuesday and arrested him at his home around 9:50 a.m.
He was brought to Troop D, where he was held on $25,000 bond.
Denning has been charged with sexual assault in the first degree, third degree and fourth degree, as well as risk of injury to a child.
