Thurman Moore, a former College custodian charged with assaulting a College graduate student, has been formally indicted. Moore has been charged with first degree assault, kidnapping, attempted aggravated felonious sexual assuault, criminal restraint, second degree assualt and being a felon in possession of a weapon, according to an article in the Valley News.
According to Hanover Police Chief Nick Giaccone, Moore was indicted in Grafton County Superior Court on July 20.
Moore, a resident of White River Junction, Vt., allegedly assaulted a Master of Arts and Liberal Studies graduate student with a knife as she walked down South Main Street early in the morning on Wednesday, June 10.
If convicted, Moore could be sentenced to between seven and 15 years in prison.
Moore allegedly attempted to drag the student into the woods as she walked home, halfway down the hill from the central business district in Hanover, Giaccone told The Dartmouth last month.
The woman's screams alerted the neighbors, who called the police. Moore then fled into the woods on the west side of the road between Ripley and Huntley Roads, according to a police news release. Moore was apprehended an hour later by a Hanover police officer.
Safety and Security assisted in the effort to find Moore, as did Lebanon police, New Hampshire State police and Norwich police, according to a press release.
The woman was treated at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center for several lacerations and puncture wounds on her right cheek, under her chin and the top of her left hand. She was later released, Giaccone said.
Hanover police are still participating in the investigation, Giaccone said. He did not know when Moore's trial will begin.
Moore has an extensive criminal record, including convictions for forgery in North Carolina and burglary in New York, the Valley News reported in June.
Two of Moore's female acquaintances in New Hampshire and Vermont have taken out restraining orders against him, Grafton County Assistant Attorney George Waldron said.
According to the Valley News, Moore's attorney, William Clauson, said Moore suffers from post-traumatic stress syndrome stemming from his experiences during the Vietnam War.
Clauson said Moore was seeing a psychiatrist and a counselor at the Veterans' Affairs hospital in White River Junction and was scheduled to begin a three-week residential program there.
Moore worked as a custodian at the College from October 1997 until May, at which point he resigned from his position, Director of Human Resources Roger Brock told The Dartmouth last Month.
The College does not conduct criminal background checks on potential employees, with the exception of applicants for Safety and Security positions, Brock told the Valley News.
