The man accused of sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl in Meriden several months ago has been arrested again, charged with raping a 19-year-old in 2012.
Desmond James, 23, of Waterbury, was charged with first-degree sexual assault and third-degree assault Wednesday afternoon.
He's currently in police custody on charges of home invasion and sex assault after allegedly crawling through the bedroom window of a 10-year-old last October, raping her while she was sleeping and threatening to kill her.
James has been recently linked to a prior sex assault that happened in March 2012. Police said a Meriden woman saw his picture after the October arrest and recognized him as the man who had raped her when she was 19.
A DNA sample linked James to the crime.
Police said he approached the 19-year-old while she was walking on East Main Street in Meriden during the early morning hours of March 21. He forced her into a backyard on Foster Street and sexually assaulted her.
The woman got away and hailed a driver passing through the area, who brought her to the police station.
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James was on transitional supervision by the Department of Correction at the time of the 2012 assault, according to police.
His bond was increased Wednesday from $1 million to $1.5 million.
