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Minnesota ( WCCO ) -- A 21-year-old man has been charged with first-degree criminal sexual conduct in a sexual assault that happened in Vadnais Heights, Minnesota, on Tuesday evening, according to court records.

Ramsey County Sheriff's Office deputies responded to the assault 1000 block of Pond View Court around 7:56 p.m. They met with a 51-year-old woman who had cuts on her face and a bruise on her throat, according to charges. She also had leaves in her hair and told deputies at the time that it hurt "too much to sit down."

The woman said she was walking on Centerville Road near Langer's Tree Service and using headphones to speak with a friend when a man, later identified as Tristen Alan Leritz, covered her mouth with his hand and "told her that

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