BRIGANTINE — An Atlantic City man was arrested Tuesday after he allegedly broke into a home and sexually assaulted a sleeping man last year, police said.

Dwayne Martin Jr., 35, was charged with aggravated sexual assault, aggravated sexual assault during a burglary, sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual contact, burglary of an occupied dwelling and tampering with evidence. He is being held in the Atlantic County jail pending court.

Officers responded to a home Sept. 2, 2024, and were told by the victim that he was staying there with friends when he awoke to a man performing a sex act on him. The man, later identified as Martin, was not known to the victim or the group, police said.

Investigators determined Martin encountered the group at a bar in a different city and learned where t

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