Police charge borough man with sexual assault

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NAUGATUCK — Police charged a 33-year-old Naugatuck man Wednesday with sexually assaulting a child under 6 years old.

Police arrested Travis Tilley, of 883 Rubber Ave., on warrant while he was at Waterbury Superior Court for a separate case. According to police, the investigation began in early August when a parent of the victim took the child to the hospital for a reported sexual assault.

Tilley was charged with first-degree sexual assault and illegal sexual contact of a victim under the age of 16 as a result of the investigation.

Tilley is also facing a third-degree possession of child pornography charge stemming from an arrest in August.

Police executed a search warrant Tilley’s apartment on Aug. 22 in connection with the sexual assault investigation. As police searched the home, officers noticed that a file was in the process of being downloaded on Tilley’s computer in his bedroom, the arrest report states. The file opened to seven images and one video of child pornography, according to police.

Tilley entered a plea of not guilty to the charge of third-degree possession of child pornography.

He is being held on bonds totaling $350,000. He is scheduled to appear in court again on Sept. 27, according to information on the state Judicial Branch’s website.