Twenty-six-year-old Jose Angel Moreno-Hernandez was arraigned Monday for allegedly raping and beating a woman in East Rock Park early Friday, Hamden Police spokesman Captain Smith said. The woman, 25, works at Temple Grill with Moreno-Hernandez. Police reported that Moreno-Hernandez tried to snap the woman’s neck before raping her and driving off. Moreno-Hernandez, who Smith said might be in the country illegally, was charged with criminal attempt to commit murder, first-degree sexual assault, first-degree kidnapping, first-degree strangulation, second-degree assault and interfering with an emergency call, Smith said.

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