NIANTIC, CT—A 79-year-old Niantic man is charged with sexual assault after a state and local police investigation into an alleged five-year-long history of him sexually abusing a minor, according to East Lyme Police Chief Michael Finkelstein.

It's been three months since East Lyme Police first began its investigation in March of 2019 into the possible sexual abuse of a minor based upon a referral from state child welfare authorities, police said.

The Department of Children and Families complaint alleged that during a period of five years, Moore "initiated contact of a sexual nature with the victim."



East Lyme police detectives investigated and applied for a warrant, signed in the New London Superior Court.