Department of Children and Families

Registered Sex Offender Charged With Repeat Offense: West Hartford PD

West Hartford police have arrested a registered sex offender after a 9-year-old girl told investigators that a stranger grabbed her, put her on his lap and started kissing her neck, according to police.

Police said the incident happened on Hillcrest Avenue Saturday afternoon when Kevin Duverger, 39, of Hartford, was babysitting two boys, a 6-year-old and a 7-year-old.

When he was questioned, he admitted to grabbing the girl, police said.

Duverger was arrested and charged with fourth-degree sexual assault, risk of injury and second-degree unlawful restraint. Bond was set at $200,000.

Duverger is a registered sex offender. According to the listing on the site, he approached a 9-year-old child he did not know on the street in May 2009 and forced the child to touch him inappropriately. He was convicted of fourth-degree sexual assault of a minor and risk of injury.

Police are also investigating possible crimes involving a child Duverger was babysitting at the time of the latest incident. His relationship to those children is not known.

The Department of Children and Families has been notified.

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