Posted: Friday, 21 August 2009 4:58PM

Police: Cop Impersonated His Twin Brother To Sexually Assault Woman

Matt Dwyer Reporting

A Milford man is accused of impersonating his twin to sexually assault a woman.

Jared Rohrig is charged with first degree sexual assault and criminal impersonation. He is a police officer in Orange.

Milford Police say while the 25-year-old man was pretending to be his twin brother, he engaged in a sexual encounter with a woman at his house on Flax Mill Lane in Milford July 19.

The woman said when she realized the man she was with was NOT who she thought he was, she tried to leave, but he restrained her and sexually assaulted her.

Police say the woman went to the emergency room the day after the attack, but asked to be anonymous.

She went to police and filed a complaint July 22. Police are withholding her name.

Rohrig is a police officer in the town of Orange.

Orange Police say he is on administrative leave pending the outcome of an internal investigation.