Overview
- Police say a woman reported she was sexually assaulted at a West Street home and identified 34-year-old Stephen Bresnahan as her assailant after going to a Randolph station early Tuesday.
- Officers arrested Bresnahan at the Plympton residence, and investigators say the victim suffered severe injuries and was taken to a hospital for treatment.
- Authorities reported Bresnahan showed signs of suspected drug use and was taken to a hospital before being brought to Plymouth District Court for arraignment.
- Bresnahan was arraigned on charges that include aggravated rape, strangulation or suffocation, witness intimidation, assault and battery on a household member, two counts of drug possession, and one count of possession with intent to distribute; he pleaded not guilty and was ordered held pending the June 17 hearing.
- The Plymouth County DA is prosecuting the case and the court action next week will determine pretrial detention while investigators continue to develop evidence; court records show a prior 2018 drug case in the same courthouse was dismissed.