Crime & Safety
11-Year-Old Girl Sexually Assaulted Inside Jersey City Store, Prosecutor Says
A 41-year-old man has been arrested for groping a girl inside a store in Hudson County, prosecutors said Friday.
JERSEY CITY, NJ — A 41-year-old man has been arrested after groping a girl inside a Jersey City store, prosecutors said Friday.
Prince Fullwood, of Jersey City, was arrested on Thursday and charged with sexual assault by contact and endangering the welfare of a minor, said the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office.
Prosecutors said that on Aug. 31, inside a store in the area of Summit and Baldwin avenues, the 11-year-old girl was "groped by an unknown male."
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The prosecutor's Special Victims Unit and Jersey City Police Department investigated. Fullwood was arrested at his home and taken to the Hudson County Correctional Facility to await his first court appearance, prosecutors said.
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