Crime & Safety

Teen Charged with Rape of Woman Monday

Incident occurred in abandoned apartment

A 15-year-old boy has been arrested for the sexual assault of a woman early Monday, the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office confirmed.

The 26-year-old victim was accosted at gunpoint by the youth, who assaulted her in an abandoned apartment at Seth Boyden Place around 4 am. He was arrested shortly after the incident on sexual assault, aggravated assault and weapons charges.


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