Suspect in Kent County manhunt faces sex assault charges

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Kent County authorities are releasing new information about what led to a daylong manhunt for a man who was considered armed and dangerous.

Thomas Edward Soisson, 27, is facing multiple charges, including first-degree criminal sexual conduct, assault by strangulation, resisting and obstructing a police officer, assault with a dangerous weapon and being a violent habitual felony offender. The Kent County Prosecutor’s Office issued the charges Friday, according to the Kent County Sheriff’s Department.

The alleged victim told authorities she was held against her will and physically and sexually assaulted by someone she knew. Deputies say when they tried to talk to Soission about the reported sex assault, he ran.

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