Location: Brenford Place residential treatment facility, 136 Waterview Lane. Smyrna, Kent County, DE
Date of Occurrence: Friday April 9, 2010 to Saturday April 10, 2010
Suspect: Christopher L. Denigris, 27, Dover, DE
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Delaware State Police have arrested a 27 year-old counselor for sexual assault after troopers received information that he allegedly assaulted a 16 year-old patient.
Troopers arrested Denigris on Thursday after they conducted an investigation into the allegations.
The 16 year-old victim is a resident of Brenford Place residential treatment facility for juveniles with mental health disorders. The victim reported that on two separate occasions last weekend Denigris allegedly sexually assaulted her. Def was working at the facility at the time of the assaults, as a youth rehabilitative counselor who was in charge of supervising victim and the other seven juveniles who reside at that facility. Troopers also believe that Denigris gave the victim his personal email information on a prior occasion and they believe Denigris and the victim communicated via emails on prior occasions.
State police executed a search warrant at Denigris’ residence and seized his computer for forensic examination.
Denigris was charged with 2 counts of Rape 4th and was released on $10,000 bail pending a preliminary hearing in the Court of Common Pleas for Kent County.
The investigation is on going and troopers plan on interviewing past patients for any prior assaults. Any parent who had a child at the facility and believes that their child may have had contact with Denigris, is asked to call the state police at Troop – 3 by dialing 302-697-2104 x309
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