Two Massachusetts men have been charged with sexually assaulting a Newport teen in her own home, police said Thursday.

Newport police report they received a 911 call on Sept. 28 from a teenage girl reporting a man was trying to enter her home and holding a knife. Police responded and took two men, identified by police as Jose Ricarte, 21, and Andy Abiel Garion Nowell, 20, both of Fall River, Massachusetts, into custody following an investigation.

Ricarte was initially charged with simple assault, with Nowel taken into protective custody due to his intoxication level.

Newport police continued their investigation -- including witness interviews and analysis of forensic evidence -- and developed probable cause to charge both Ricarte and Nowel with sexually assaulting the teen prior to her

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