A man has been convicted of sexually assaulting a woman at a motel in Southington last year, violating a protective order that had been put in place barring any contact with her.

Jeremy Figueroa-Gerena, 35, of Enfield was found guilty by a jury on Monday in New Britain Superior Court, according to the state Division of Criminal Justice . He was convicted of four counts of violation of a protective order and a single count each of first-degree sexual assault, first-degree unlawful restraint and third-degree assault, officials said.

According to the DCJ, two pending cases against Figueroa-Gerena were tried as a joint case. Authorities allege he sexually assaulted a woman at a motel and, afterward, assaulted and restrained her in his vehicle while on the highway. At the time, a protective

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