HARTFORD — A local man was arrested yesterday and charged for allegedly molesting a 10-year-old boy in Pope Park.

The suspect, Brian Wright, of 70 Gillett St., Apartment C-10, was charged with first degree criminal attempt at kidnapping, first degree of unlawful restraint, risk of injury to a minor, third degree sexual assault, first degree criminal attempt at sexual assault. He is scheduled for arraingment in Hartford Superior Court on July 29.

Police said that on July 20 at about noon, Wright allegedly approached a 10-year old boy and lured him into the nearby woods and sexually assaulted him. The boy was able to wrest himself away from Wright and ran to a passerby, who then called the police.

Wright was in custody for another crime when police obtained a warrant for his arrest yesterday, police said.