Police have arrested New Haven man accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl multiple times over several months.
Christopher Jenkins, 27, was doing yard work and jobs around the house for a friend's family in North Haven when he groped the teenage girl, who was home alone, and "forced her to perform sexual acts," police said.
Jenkins is accused of sexually assaulting the girl several times since May.
He ran from police and hid in a basement crawlspace at his New Haven home before police took him into custody, authorities said.
Jenkins faces charges of first-degree sexual assault, two counts of second-degree sexual assault, third-degree sexual assault, fourth-degree sexual assault and risk of injury to a minor.
Police held him in custody on a $250,000 bond and he is scheduled to appear in Meriden Superior Court on Monday.
