PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- A statewide grand jury indicted a 31-year-old Johnston man on charges of sexually assaulting his former girlfriend in Pawtucket, while under a no-contact order for allegedly attempting to strangle her.
Christopher P. Souza, 31, of Rachela St., has been held without bail since his arrest at the woman's Margaret Street apartment in Pawtucket on Dec. 27. He'd been bailed out two days earlier on charges of strangling the woman. Pawtucket police said at the time that Souza violated the no-contact order issued by the judge to attack her again.
Souza was charged with domestic first-degree sexual assault, breaking and entering, violating a no-contact order, felony domestic assault-strangulation, domestic disorderly conduct, and domestic vandalism.
Souza will be arraigned April 10 at Providence County Superior Court.