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September 5, 2007

Coventry man nabbed at border on sex-assault charges

New York State Police are holding a Rhode Island man wanted in Oregon for allegedly sexually assaulting minors until he can be extradited to Oregon.

Long Tran, 31, of Coventry was arrested by U.S. Customs and Border Control Monday in New York as he was re-entering the country from Canada, according to New York Customs officials.

Tran is wanted in Oregon for 10 counts of sexual abuse involving four minors. A nationwide warrant for his arrest was issued in September 2004.

On Monday, Tran was applying for readmission into the United States from Toronto, Canada, at the Lewiston Bridge border crossing in Lewiston, N.Y..

He told border officials he had been on a one-day shopping trip.

-- projo.com staff writer Brandie M. Jefferson

Posted by Brandie Jefferson  at 12:27 PM | Permalink

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