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Hockey player charged with sex assault

Updated: Friday, 06 Nov 2009, 8:25 AM EST
Published : Friday, 06 Nov 2009, 8:24 AM EST

    Bridgeport (AP) - A U.S. marshals task force arrested a minor league hockey player in Connecticut on sexual assault charges after a game in Bridgeport.

    Robert Hughes, 21, a center for the Bridgeport Sound Tigers of the American Hockey League, was taken into custody after Wednesday's 4-2 loss to the Adirondack Phantoms at the Arena at Harbor Yard.

    Hughes, a Canadian citizen from Richmond Hill, Ontario, was arrested on a warrant out of Bethlehem, N.Y., on charges of first-degree criminal sexual act and third-degree criminal sexual act.

    Authorities declined to release details of the allegations.

    Police say Hughes was held in lieu of $100,000 bail until New York authorities could pick him up.

    Hughes' phone number was not available, and it wasn't clear if he has a lawyer.

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    Information from: Connecticut Post

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