A man tried to sexually assault a young woman in Vernon Thursday night after following her off a CT Transit bus, according to police.
Police officers responded to an apartment complex on Talcottville Road in Vernon just before 9 p.m. Thursday because a woman victim was yelling for help and she reported the attempted assault.
The victim was able to provide a description of the man and said he followed her off a CT Transit bus and attacked her from behind in a dark area near the apartment complex, police said.
According to court documents, the victim believes the man got on the bus with her in downtown Hartford and said he sat behind her the entire way. She told authorities she got off the bus near where she works and waited for about 20 minutes, hoping he would leave the area, but followed her to apartments.
Police identified the suspect as 25-year-old Saige Yarde-Douglas, of Vernon, and said he allegedly told the victim he had a gun and didn’t want to hurt her.
As the victim struggled and screamed, a resident of the apartment complex opened his window and shouted. That’s when Yard-Douglas ran, according to police.
A Vernon police officer found him on a nearby street and said Yard-Douglas was not armed.
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A Vernon K-9 found an opened condom wrapper and condom in the direction Yard-Douglas fled.
Yard-Douglas was charged with first-degree kidnapping with a firearm, first-degree attempted aggravated sexual assault, third-degree sexual assault, second-degree threatening, second-degree stalking and third-degree assault.
He was held on $500,000 bond.
Anyone with information should call the Vernon Police Department at 860-872-9126.