Police: Lead singer of Norwalk band charged with 'a violent sexual assault'

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NORWALK-- The lead singer of a Norwalk-based rock band is being held on $250,000 bond for what investigators are calling "a violent sexual assault."

Brendan Coleman-Rodriguez, 25, of 55 Meadow St., was charged with first-degree sexual assault. He is expected to be arraigned Tuesday at Norwalk Superior Court.

Sgt. Thomas Roncinske, a detective bureau supervisor, said Coleman-Rodriguez's arrest was the result of a "three-month intensive investigation," and Detective David Orr was the lead investigator on the case.

Coleman-Rodriguez is the lead singer for the Norwalk-based rock group Jacobi Wichita, who describe themselves on their Facebook page as a progressive rap-rock group.

Police began investigating Coleman-Rodriguez in March when the victim came forward to report the sexual assault, Roncinske said. The sergeant could not reveal too many details of the assault, which he called "troubling."

"The victim was very courageous in coming forward," he said. "Her actions probably saved someone else from becoming a victim."

Coleman-Rodriguez took an allegedly incapacitated woman home after meeting her a local establishment, police said.

The victim could not fully recollect the assault, but she suffered injuries consistent with a "violent sexual assault," Roncinske said.

Detectives secured a warrant for Coleman-Rodriguez's arrest last week, and a patrol division sergeant took him into custody after pulling over Coleman-Rodriguez for a routine traffic violation.

Roncinske said Brendan-Coleman has a criminal record in New York state, and he has a "propensity of violence toward women."

"It was good to take this guy off the streets before he hurt somebody else," he said.