Crime & Safety
Child Endangerment Charges For Long Valley Man Already Sentenced
Washington Township Police charged Keith O'Connor, 50, with aggravated criminal sexual contact and exhibiting obscene material to a minor.
LONG VALLEY, NJ — A man who is already serving a sentence in one of the New Jersey’s correctional facilities now faces charges of child endangerment and other related allegations.
Detectives of the Washington Township Police Department charged Keith O’Connor, 50, with endangering the welfare of a child, three counts of aggravated criminal sexual contact and exhibiting obscene material to a minor, according to the police department.
A news release from police indicates that O’Connor, who was charged on Dec. 23, is currently detained in an undisclosed New Jersey correctional center “after being sentenced in an unrelated incident.”
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The police department has not responded to a request for further comment about the case from Patch, asking if O’Connor is serving a sentence for a March 2020 incident, when Washington Township Police headed to a home on Rock Road for a welfare check where O’Connor, then 49, fired shots at officers.
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Their subsequent investigation with the Morris County Sheriff’s Office - Crime Scene Investigations and Morris County Prosecutor’s Office - Major Crimes Unit, turned up an assault weapon and a controlled dangerous substance. O’Connor then faced multiple charges for that incident, including possession of a Weapon for an Unlawful Purpose, a crime of the second degree; Aggravated Assault, a crime of the third degree; Unlawful Possession of a Weapon, a crime of the second degree; Possession of a Prohibited Weapon, a crime of the fourth degree; and Possession of a Controlled Dangerous Substance, a crime of the third degree, Patch previously reported.
“No further information is available [about the Dec. 23 charges] in order to protect the victim,” Washington Township Police wrote in their news release about the newest charges.
This story contains previous reporting from Russ Crespolini
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