Man Broke In Window, Sexually Assaulted Jersey City Woman: Prosecutor

JERSEY CITY, NJ — A 47-year-old man has been charged with aggravated sexual assault and home invasion burglary after a Jersey City woman said someone came through her window on Sunday and attacked her, prosecutors said.

Jermaine Adams was charged with the sex assault and invasion, as well as terroristic threats, aggravated arson, and criminal restraint, said the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office.

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Prosecutors said the matter was "expedited by the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office new in-house DNA Laboratory, which produced critical results to assist in the investigation."

Prosecutors said Thursday that shortly before 7 p.m. on Sunday, the Jersey City Police Department was notified of a home invasion at a private residence on McAdoo Avenue.

Police found a woman who said a strange man entered her residence through a window before physically and sexually assaulting her.

She was treated at a local hospital for multiple injuries.

Anyone wishing to report a sex crime should call the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office Special Victims Unit (SVU) at 201-915-1234, prosecutors said.