Police have arrested a man suspected of breaking into New London homes and sexually assaulting two women in New London and police are looking for any other victims or anyone who saw him do anything suspicious.
Monte Phillip White, 34, has been charged with three counts of aggravated sexual assault in the first degree, two counts of home invasion and one count of risk of injury to a minor.
Police said officers met with the first victim when they responded to Lawrence + Memorial Hospital on Oct. 29 to investigate a sexual assault. She told investigators said a man entered her home at an apartment complex on Hawthorne Drive, threatened her with a gun and sexually assaulted her.
Police were investigating that assault when they received another report on Nov. 29 from Lawrence + Memorial Hospital of another sexual assault, police said.
The victim reported that a man entered her home at an apartment complex off of Nautilus Drive with a firearm, threatened her and sexually assaulted her, police said.
The descriptions of the attackers in both assaults were similar, police said. Fearing they had a “sexual predator” in the city, police issued an alert on their Facebook page.
Police identified White as a suspect through physical evidence and said he is also suspected of burglaries and narcotic offenses in New London and Waterford.
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During a news conference on Tuesday, police said a similar DNA profile was found in sexual assault in Torrington in April.
Police said they seized a Mercedes that White was driving. It was black when police seized it, but they said it was maroon or red before being wrapped in black.
White is being held on a $750,000 bond for the New London charges. The arrest warrant is sealed until Dec. 26.
He has been known to frequent locations in East Lyme as well as New London and Waterford, according to police.
White has an extensive criminal history, according to online court records.
He is due back in court on Jan. 4.
