BRANFORD, CT (WFSB) - A man from Branford faces strangulation and other charges for sexually assaulting a minor he met online, state police said.

Troopers identified the suspect as 20-year-old Rio Vulinovic.

Vulinovic, who was 18 at the time of the incident, was charged with risk of injury, third-degree strangulation, and sexual assault.

He turned himself in on Nov. 7 on an active arrest warrant.

Read the warrant below:

According to the warrant, the 13-year-old victim told someone that she may be pregnant following a sexual assault that was committed by a man she met on the social media app Snapchat.

She told troopers that in March 2024, she left her home without permission to meet someone she only knew by the name of Rio.

“Rio” allegedly told her that he was 15 years old, but she b

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