Crime & Safety

Florham Park Sex Offender Assault Began After 9/11

Mark Iantosca began abuse of nephew after father perished during 9/11 terrorist attacks.

The boy didn't just lose his father during the 9/11 terrorist attacks on American soil; according to a story in the Daily Record, his uncle, by marriage would begin sexually assaulting him years later, when he became a teenager.

Mark Iantosca, a 52-year-old from Florham Park who was sentenced last week to 7 years in prison for sexually assaulting his nephew, used the boy's father's death as a "grooming technique," says the piece in the Daily Record. The victim, who spoke during sentencing, according to the Daily Record, gave a charged statement explaining his vulnerability as a youth when he had become obsessed with the death of his father during the attacks. For more on the story, go to the Daily Record.

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