Prosecutor: Software Engineer Sexually Assaulted 3-to-5-Year-Olds

Police say a Bergen County software engineer was arrested after they learned he allegedly engaged in inappropriate sexual activity with children as young as toddlers.

William Kooney, 41, of Teaneck, was arrested on March 7 after members of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit and the Teaneck Police Department learned he allegedly “engaged in inappropriate sexual activity with several male and female acquaintances ranging in age from 3-to-5-years-old,” Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said.

The victims’ parents learned of the inappropriate sexual activity and contacted the Teaneck Police Department, who then notified the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit. Arrangements were made for the victims to be interviewed by a Special Victims Unit detective at the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office, where the victims provided specific details regarding what had occurred with Kooney, Molinelli said.

Authorities arrested Kooney and seized electronic equipment from his residence during the execution of a search warrant.

Kooney was charged with one count of aggravated sexual assault, two counts of sexual assault and four counts of endangering the welfare of a child.

Bail was set at $750,000 with no ten percent option, no contact with the victims and the surrender of his passport as a condition of bail. Kooney was remanded to the Bergen County Jail in lieu of bail.