A man is headed to prison after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting an underage girl in Netcong and Mount Olive, NJ.
The suspect is a 34-year-old resident of Mount Olive in Morris County, New Jersey. He was placed under arrest in October 2016 after the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office and the Netcong Police Department investigated him for alleged sex crimes. Investigators determined that the suspect sexually assaulted a 16-year-old girl over a period of seven years at locations in Netcong and Mount Olive, New Jersey.
The suspect reportedly resided in the same home as the victim for at least two years and functioned in an “adult supervisory role.”
The suspect was charged with numerous sexual offenses, including aggravated sexual assault and child endangerment.
A Morris County grand jury indicted the suspect on multiple counts of sexual assault. He later reached a plea deal with the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office pleaded guilty to just one count of second degree sexual assault.
The Morris County Prosecutor’s Office is expected to recommend that the suspect be sentenced to five years in New Jersey State Prison at a sentencing hearing in September.
The suspect may have served as the victim’s guardian at the time of the sexual assault, so he could be subject to an investigation by Division of Child Protection and Permanency (DCP&P).
For more information about this case, see the NJ.com article, “Man Who Admitted Sex with Teen Faces 5 Years in Prison.”