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Courts: Bond increased in Colchester molestation case
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By GREG SMITH
Norwich Bulletin
Posted Sep 23, 2008 @ 05:00 AM
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New London, Conn.— A Massachusetts man accused of molesting a young female relative was taken into custody Monday after a state prosecutor successfully argued for a bond increase.

Nicholas Rufo, 20, faces felony sexual assault charges and lives out of state, said state prosecutor John Gravalec-Pannone.
Gravalec-Pannone said Rufo had given the wrong address when he was initially arrested July 17 by state police in Colchester. He gave his parents’ address in Longmeadow, Mass., when he apparently is living with his girlfriend in Holyoke, Mass.
Rufo had been free on a $50,000 non-surety bond, which means he did not have to post any money to be released from custody.
“This is a significant change in circumstances for someone who is facing a minimum mandatory of 10 years,” Gravalec-Pannone said.“At this point, the victim is fearful.”
Public defender Peter Scillieri argued against the bond based in part on results of a psychiatric examination that show Rufo does not present a danger to the public, he said. That document was not made public.
Scillieri said the allegations against Rufo occurred between 2001 and 2005 and stopped.
“Since that time, he has never been in any trouble anywhere,” Scillieri said.
Judge Susan B. Handy, noting the seriousness of the charges, set bond at $50,000 cash or surety.

Rufo is charged with aggravated first-degree sexual assault, three counts risk of injury to a minor, third-degree sexual assault and fourth-degree sexual assault.