Crime & Safety
Monmouth County Man, Marine Corps Reservist Accused of Raping Girl, 6
26-year-old was employed as home health care aide at time of arrest, prosecutor says.
A United States Marine Corps reservist and home health care aide has been arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a six-year-old girl, Morris County Prosecutor Fredric Knapp announced.
Authorities arrested Mark Ngaojia, 26, of Long Branch on Monday and charged him with second degree sexual assault, second degree endangering the welfare of a child, and first degree aggravated sexual assault after a six-year-old girl told police Ngaojia had sexually penetrated her, Knapp said.
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Judge Robert Gilson set bail at $150,000 cash, bond or property with no 10-percent option. Ngaojia was unable to post bail and lodged in Morris County Correctional Facility.
The Morris County Prosecutor’s Office collaborated with the Dover Police Department, Lakewood Police Department and Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office to make the arrest.
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