NEW ROCHELLE, NY — Christopher Welch, 38, is a registered sex offender from New Rochelle has been captured in White Plains, NY.
New Rochelle Police have been on the lookout for Welch, a Level 3 Sex Offender from New Rochelle who has reportedly attacked several people on Main Street in recent days.
Welch was sentenced to 18 months in prison in 2009 after he was convicted for forcibly touching a Mount Vernon Public Library employee and a second person outside the library in 2008.
Welch was arrested in White Plains on May 2nd where he was arraigned in White Plains City Court on one court of Menacing-2nd, a misdemeanor, and one count of Criminal Possession of a Weapon-4th, a misdemeanor.
Welch is due in New Rochelle City Court on May 14th on one count of Assault-2nd, a class “D” felony.
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