82 Year Old Hopkins Man Reports Sexual Abuse
According to a Star Tribune article written by Lora Pabst:
Hopkins police are investigating whether a man charged with sexually assaulting a fellow resident of a senior apartment building might also have assaulted other male residents of the building. Thomas Whitfield, 57, was charged in Hennepin County District Court Thursday with fifth-degree criminal sexual conduct in connection with the assault Tuesday at the Hopkins Village Apartments near downtown Hopkins. According to the criminal complaint, Whitfield was visiting an 82-year-old man in his apartment. The man was sitting in a chair when Whitfield walked over and began to perform a sex act on him. For the rest of the story see: Hopkins Man, 82, Reports Sexual Abuse.
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