July 13, 2018 at 4:27 p.m.
Moren waives preliminary hearing in assault case
Arraignment set for Aug. 6
Moren waives preliminary hearing in assault case
Isaiah A.V. Moren, 103 Woodland Heights Manor, is now scheduled to be arraigned Aug. 6.
Moren is charged with first-degree reckless injury, first-degree sexual assault, strangulation and suffocation, aggravated battery and burglary of a building or dwelling, all felonies, as well misdemeanor criminal damage to property and misdemeanor bail jumping, all as a repeater.
According to a criminal complaint filed July 10, the alleged victim's daughter told police she checks on her mother on a daily basis and when she arrived for a visit during the afternoon of June 10 she found her mother with bruising all over her body, including on her face, arms, torso and legs.
The daughter also observed a number of items in the residence were out of place, her mother's jewelry was laid out on her bed, and there was blood in the bedroom, the complaint states.
Investigators interviewed the alleged victim but she had difficulty communicating. According to the complaint, the woman has not been diagnosed with dementia or a related disorder, but she told police she suspects that she does suffer from such a condition.
According to the complaint, the woman was able to communicate that she had been in bed the night before when a man wearing a white shirt and white shorts came into her home and assaulted her. The man had "gotten on top of her" and "thrown her around," she said, adding that she ended up on the floor near the entrance to her room in a state of partial undress.
The woman said she was unsure what time the assault occurred and was unable to give investigators a clear description of the man, however she did submit to a medical examination that resulted in a DNA match to Moren, the complaint states.
According to the complaint, Moren was one of a number of people who were in the area of the woman's residence on the night in question who voluntarily gave police samples of their DNA.
In an interview with police after the lab results were received, Moren said he spent the evening of June 9 and early morning of June 10 drinking at various local establishments and "mudding" with friends. He said he stayed with a friend in a residence near where the alleged victim lives, but denied entering her residence or assaulting her.
When police continued to press him about the positive DNA match, he requested an attorney.
Moren remains in the Oneida County jail on $500,000 cash bail. If convicted of all seven charges, he could spend the rest of his life in prison.
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