A 23-year-old man was arrested in Lake Tahoe, Nevada after allegedly sexually assaulting a teenage girl, then trying to drive both himself and his victim off a cliff, according to police.
His vehicle was prevented from going over the cliff’s edge in the May 27 incident after hitting a boulder and a tree, according to the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office. The suspect, Alexander Difoggio-Wasson, then attempted to flee the scene, and was taken into custody after what police described as “a brief altercation with deputies.
” Initially arrested just for fleeing the scene of an accident, obstructing and resisting arrest, and battery with a deadly weapon, Difoggio-Wasson was released on bail four days later. He was re-arrested on Tuesday after investigators uncovered the alleged assault, the sheriff’s office said. Difoggio-Wasson is believed to have sexually assaulted at least one other female victim, whom he allegedly held captive in his home for hours in December before she was finally freed.
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