Police arrested a man in connection with two sexual assault cases Monday.

Burlington police arrested a man in connection with a sexual assault case and an additional assault incident on Monday. The first incident happened on Aug. 13. A 35-year-old woman said an armed man sexually assaulted her while she was walking on Elmwood Avenue. He fled when she screamed. The victim told police the man grabbed her buttocks and had a gun. She told officers the man pulled her dress down and licked her breast, among other things. The second incident happened on Sept. 11. A 20-year-old woman also told police an armed man tried to force her into his car at knife point while she was walking on South Winooski Avenue near King Street in Burlington. Detectives identified Jeffrey North as a suspect and arrested him. He faces charges of aggravated sexual assault and unlawful restraint and simple assault. North told police the first incident was consensual, according to police records. He was being held at the Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility without bail and was expected to be arraigned Tuesday. North faces at least 10 years in prison if convicted on all charges. He is a registered sex offender after a sexual assault in November 1998 in which the victim was less than 16 years old. North was also convicted of lewd and lascivious conduct in August 2002.

Burlington police arrested a man in connection with a sexual assault case and an additional assault incident on Monday.

The first incident happened on Aug. 13. A 35-year-old woman said an armed man sexually assaulted her while she was walking on Elmwood Avenue. He fled when she screamed.

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The victim told police the man grabbed her buttocks and had a gun.

She told officers the man pulled her dress down and licked her breast, among other things.

The second incident happened on Sept. 11. A 20-year-old woman also told police an armed man tried to force her into his car at knife point while she was walking on South Winooski Avenue near King Street in Burlington.

Detectives identified Jeffrey North as a suspect and arrested him. He faces charges of aggravated sexual assault and unlawful restraint and simple assault.



North told police the first incident was consensual, according to police records.

He was being held at the Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility without bail and was expected to be arraigned Tuesday.

North faces at least 10 years in prison if convicted on all charges. He is a registered sex offender after a sexual assault in November 1998 in which the victim was less than 16 years old.

North was also convicted of lewd and lascivious conduct in August 2002.