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UWPD arrests suspect in October sexual assault

Campus police arrested a suspect Friday for a sexual assault that occurred in October, according to a UW-Madison Police Department incident report.

The alleged assailant, Kenneth M. Plaisted, is a 20-year-old UW-Madison student from Cedarburg. Police arrested him for the assault of a female UW student, who was driven to UWPD by a local food delivery driver after she was sexually assaulted early in the morning of Oct. 25.

The suspect and the victim did not know each other prior to the incident, according to the report.

UWPD worked with the victim, the delivery driver, other community members, DNA samples and other evidence to identify Plaisted, according to the report.

UPDATE, Nov. 17, 2015: This article has been updated to reflect the fact no charges were filed in this case.

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