PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — The Providence Police Department said a man was arrested after he allegedly sexually assaulted an 18-year-old girl at the Providence Place Mall on Nov. 21.

39-year-old Rashaad Jenkins was charged with sexual assault-first degree.

Providence police said the victim told an officer that she was at Kennedy Plaza when Jenkins approached her and allegedly threatened her.

According to the police report, Jenkins allegedly told the victim he would hurt her if she did not follow him.

After the assault, the victim went back to the plaza and took a bus to tell a program clinician about the assault.

Police added that the victim had met the defendant about a month ago at Kennedy Plaza.

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