A man was arrested after allegedly sexually assaulting a woman and pointing a gun at a police officer in the early morning hours of Sunday, July 6.
According to a post from the City of Sedalia, at approximately 2:20 a.m. Sunday, a Sedalia Police Officer was flagged down by a woman in the 200 block of West Broadway Blvd.
The woman reported she had been pinned to the ground and sexually assaulted by a man who did not speak English and she believed was armed with a knife.
She ran away and found police. Officers located the suspect before he ran way on foot. Following the pursuit officers surrounded the man, who was holding a pistol behind an obstruction. He walked towards an officer, but eventually put down after verbal commands.
Newl was arrested without further incident and transported to the Pettis County Jail and was placed on a 24-hour hold pending charges of two counts for first-degree assault, attempted rape with a weapon, first-degree kidnapping, first-degree sexual assault second-degree sodomy, second-degree assault, armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon.
