Crime & Safety

Police Charge Man in Child Sex Assault

Numerous calls identified Windsor resident as man who exposed himself to young girls at Westfarms Sunday.

UNCASVILLE – Farmington police have arrested a suspect in connection with the June 10 sexual assault of a 6-year-old girl at the Go Calendar store, at Westfarms mall after police received numerous calls identifying the suspect from video surveillance.

Alan Stuart Hickey, 50, of Windsor, was charged with risk of injury to a minor, third-degree assault, and public indecency and taken into custody Tuesday around 7 p.m. by Connecticut State Police and Mohegan Sun police at the Mohegan Sun Casino. He is being held on $200,000 court-set bond and is being arraigned today at Hartford Superior Court.

Police, with the help of the public, identified Hickey as the man on video surveillance that allegedly exposed his penis to a young girl and forced her to touch it in the Go Calendar store on Sunday. Police believe there may have been other victims.

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Police learned of Hickey’s last known address and began surveillance while obtaining search and arrest warrants. Police also began tracking Hickey electronically and learned he was at the Mohegan Sun Casino.

According to police, a friend told Hickey he was wanted by police, so then he cut his hair and shaved his facial hair in an apparent attempt to conceal his identity.

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Police executed search warrants on Hickey’s residence and vehicle, and recovered several items of evidence.

Farmington Police are asking anyone with additional information to contact them at 860-675-2400 or on their tip line at 860-675-2483. Witnesses can remain anonymous.


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