HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) - A man from East Hartford pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a child.

State prosecutors announced that 46-year-old Octavio DeJesus entered the plea on Monday in Hartford Superior Court.

DeJesus pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree sexual assault.

According to Sharmese Walcott, the Hartford Judicial District’s state’s attorney, a juvenile victim told a relative that he was sexually assaulted by DeJesus when he was between the ages of 6 and 8.

The victim disclosed the information to the relative in Feb. 2021. He said the assaults happened between May 20, 2019 and Feb. 24, 2021.

DeJesus was his caregiver at the time, Walcott said.

“The victim’s relative notified the Department of Children and Families of the disclosure, who notified the East Hartford Pol

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