A man from Denville, New Jersey was arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a child that he was entrusted to care for.
The suspect is a 19-year-old resident of Denville in Morris County, NJ. According to officials with the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office, the suspect committed sex crimes on multiple occasions while he was supposed to be babysitting the four-year-old victim.
The suspect allegedly sexually assaulted the young kid in 2016. At the time of the alleged sex offenses, the suspect was 18 years old.
Detectives with both the Denville Police Department and the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office conducted an investigation into the suspect and eventually determined that enough evidence existed to place him under arrest.
The suspect has now been charged with multiple counts of aggravated sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child.
To learn more about this case, check out the NJ.com article, “Babysitter Charged with Assaulting 4-Year-Old, Report Says.”