New Haven Independent

The incident happened at 1 a.m. on Saturday, according to city spokeswoman Jessica Mayorga.

A 50-year-old woman was walking down Sherman Avenue near the Knickerbocker Club when she was approached by a man. They started talking.

The man allegedly lured her into his home on Willis Street, where he punched her in the face repeatedly, raped her, and restrained her from leaving the house.

The victim escaped after the man fell asleep, Mayorga said. She flagged down a police officer at about 3:45 a.m. and reported the attack. When police went back to the crime scene, they found that the man had fled.

Detectives caught up with the suspect Monday afternoon at his temporary job in North Haven, according to Mayorga. He was charged with first-degree sexual assault, first-degree kidnapping, and second-degree threatening.

The suspect is a registered sex offender in Pennsylvania and has been out of compliance there since 2006, she said. The suspect is out of compliance with Connecticut sex offender registry laws, too, and will be charged accordingly.