CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – Just a few months after leaving incarceration for May 2024 incidents at Riverview Park and Carlton Avenue, 24-year old Cole Robinson McNair has been picked up on another sexual assault Wednesday evening at Riverview Park. Shortly after 6:40pm April 30, Charlottesville Police responded to a call in the park in regard to a sexual assault that has just occurred. It was reported bystanders had chased the male suspect from the Riverview Park area and gave responding officers a direction of travel. The suspect reportedly grabbed buttocks of two women.

Officers shortly after located the male suspect in the 1800 block of East Market Street near the park. CPD says he was detained and later taken into custody on one count each of sexual battery and assault and battery, both misdemeanors. The assaults didn’t result in physical injury. Anyone with information in these incidents is urged to call Crime Stoppers at (434) 977-4000 or the Charlottesville Police Department at (434) 970-3280.

McNair was convicted back in June and sentenced to 24 months with 18 suspended last September for a May 1, 2024 sexual battery charge at Riverview Park, and a May 12, 2024 assault and battery charge. That puts a release around the new year after which he was required to be on 12-months intensive supervised probation. He also underwent mental health and substance abuse evaluations at the time he was sentenced.
Click here for the story of McNair’s past convictions.