BENNINGTON — Max Misch was arraigned Monday on five charges, including kidnapping, unlawful restraint, domestic assault, and sexual assault, stemming from an altercation last Friday and ongoing incidents allegedly over an extended period.

Misch faces a possible life sentence on the kidnapping charge and a combined 24 years in prison on the other four charges, which include felony aggravated domestic assault, felony unlawful restraint, felony sexual assault, and a misdemeanor interference with emergency services.

According to an affidavit in the case, on Friday, August 1, police responded to a report of two females fighting in the middle of the roadway on Pleasant Street. When they arrived, police spotted one of the females getting into a car with a child in the back seat. Misch was stand

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