Police Investigate Home Invasion, Sex Assault in Hamden

A man forced his way into a home on Linden Avenue in Hamden early Sunday morning and sexually assaulted a woman, said police, and they are looking for the assailant. 

Police said they responded to the residence at 4:30 a.m. and learned that a woman had been sleeping in her bedroom when the man broke in.

The man sexually assaulted her, threatened to kill her, punched her face and choked her five times, police said, then he placed a sheet over her head and fled from the residence.

The victim was transported to Yale-New Haven Hospital for medical treatment. Her condition is not known.

Police ask anyone with information to call the Hamden Police Department Detective Division at (203) 230-4040 or 230-4000.