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Bridgeport Store Owner Arrested Again For Sexual Assault, Police Say
A Fairfield County furniture store owner who was arrested earlier this month for sexual assault has been charged again after two more victims have come forward.
Hennawi Salem, of Bridgeport, was arrested on a warrant on Monday, July 26, after two additional victims came forward after seeing him in the news when he was arrested on Tuesday, July 20 for allegedly assaulting a customer in the basement of his Bridgeport store, Salem Furniture.
According to Detective Albert Palatiello, in the most recent arrest, Salem is accused of luring two female customers, in separate incidents, t…
Bridgeport Store Owner Arrested For Sexual Assaulting Customer, Police Say
A Fairfield County furniture store owner has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a customer after telling her to lay down on a mattress to test it.
Hennawi Salem, of Bridgeport, was arrested on Tuesday, July 20, by Bridgeport Police at his business, Salem Furniture, located at 120 Porter St., said Det. Albert Palatiello.
Salem is accused of luring a female customer to the basement of his furniture store. Once in the basement, the woman was asked to lay down and test the mattress, Palatiello said.
He then told the woman the mattress was free, and sexually assaulted her, he added…
