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New Jersey man jailed on charges he sexually assaulted two little girls
🚔 Bedminster resident charged with sexually assaulting two minors
🚔 Marcelo D. Schonhauser remains jailed pending a detention hearing
🚔 Somerset County prosecutors asking for additional information from the public
A Bedminster man has been arrested on accusations that he sexually assaulted two minor children stemming from two incidents in the township.
Somerset County prosecutors say that 45-year old Marcelo D. Schonhauser was involved in the sexual assault of an 8-year old girl and a 7-year old girl on March 4 at a social event.
Detectives met with both of the victims to learn what happened and both informed them they were sexually assaulted by Schonhauser.
He was charged with two counts of second-degree sexual assault by sexual contact and two counts of third-degree endangering the welfare of a minor.
Schonhauser was being held at Somerset County Jail while awaiting a detention hearing.
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If you want to send in information anonymously, you can do so authorities said via the STOPit app and use the access code: SOMERSETNJ.
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