Task Force Arrests Man In 14-Year Bergen Sex Assault Cold Case

BERGEN COUNTY, NJ — A suspect has been arrested in a 14-year-old cold case of a woman who was sexually assaulted at gunpoint, authorities announced Thursday.

Roydell Cameron, 39, of Bronx, New York, was charged with aggravated sexual assault, terroristic threats, and two weapons offenses following a renewed investigation by the North Jersey Regional Cold Case Task Force, said acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo.

The sexual assault occurred Friday, April 15, 2005. The Palisades Park Police Department responded to a call for help and learned that a woman was sexually assaulted by a man, Calo said. The man fled the scene.

The Bergen County Prosecutor's Office Special Victims Unit and Palisades Park Police Department investigated, but no suspect was identified and the case went cold, Calo said.

The task force begin investigating the case again, which led to Cameron's arrest.

The task force started as a joint effort between the prosecutor's office and the New Jersey State Police. It investigates, and helps close, unsolved homicide and sexual assault cases in Bergen, Passaic, and Essex counties.

Calo and New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal announced Thursday that the task force has been expanded to include detectives from the Essex County and Passaic County Prosecutor's Offices and the Newark Police Department.

"Each of the law enforcement agencies participating in the Cold Case Task Force has committed detectives full time to work together as we seek to bring justice to the many unsolved cases in our respective jurisdictions," Calo said.

Email: daniel.hubbard@patch.com