By PATRICK MEIGHAN
Staff Writer
NASHUA – Charges have been dropped against a man accused of raping a woman jogging on Marie Avenue.
Nashua police and the Hillsborough County Attorney’s office announced Thursday that sexual assault charges have been dropped against Stefan Wollmar, 22, of Laconia.
The investigation into the incident is continuing, police said.
Charles Keefe, a defense attorney representing Keefe, said his client is relieved and maintains his innocence.
Wollmar was not in the vicinity of Marie Avenue when the alleged assault occurred, Keefe said.
On Oct. 14 at 5:18 am, a 33-year-old woman reported to police she had been sexually assaulted while on a morning run on Marie Avenue, police said.
Based on facts and circumstances known then to police, Wollmar was charged that day, police said.
After Wollmar’s arrest, police patrol officers and detectives continued to investigate the incident, police said.
Based on new information that has emerged, the Nashua Police Department in consultation with the Hillsborough County Attorney’s Office decided to drop the charges against Wollmar, police said.
Police officials couldn’t be immediately contacted Thursday morning to provide more information.
Keefe said at Wollmar’s arraignment Monday that Wollmar was wandering around Nashua and disoriented when he ended up at Pennichuck Middle School early on the morning of Oct. 14.
He asked staff there to call police because he needed help, Keefe said.
Wollmar was taken to the police station and was eventually arrested that night and charged with aggravated felonious sexual assault, police said.
“He was as much a victim of circumstances as anything else that night,” Keefe said of Wollmar on Thursday.
Wollmar had come to Nashua to visit a friend and had wandered throughout the city the night before the alleged sexual assault, Keefe said. Wollmar was disoriented because of a medical condition exacerbated by hypothermia, Keefe said.
“Whether this was a case of wrong-place, wrong-time, or some other scenario, (Wollmar) is relieved that charges have been dropped because he maintains his complete and total innocence,” Keefe said.
This investigation into the reported sexual assault is ongoing, and police are asking that anyone having information contact the Nashua Police Department at 594-3500. Callers may also provide information anonymously on the Nashua Crime Line at 589-1665.
Patrick Meighan can be reached at 594-6518 and pmeighan@nashuatelegraph.com.
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