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Forensic DNA and Discarded Cigarette Lead to Cold Case Sexual Assault Arrest

'It's a good day,' Hopkinton Police Chief Mark J. Carrier told reporters Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026, after the arraignment of a suspect in two sexual assault cases from 2005. At right is Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha. (Photo by Janine L. Weisman/Rhode Island Current)A discarded cigarette butt has led to the arrest of a 41-year-old Woonsocket man accused of raping two women in separate attacks in Hopkinton and North Stonington, Connec…

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rhodeislandcurrent.com broke the news on Wednesday, August 19, 2026.
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