Man Wanted For Child Sex Assault In Somerset County, Arrested At Utah Airport: Prosecutor

NORTH PLAINFIELD, NJ — A North Plainfield man wanted for aggravated sexual assault of a nine-year-old girl was caught at a Utah airport, said Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald, Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Chief of County Detectives John W. Fodor and North Plainfield Chief of Police William Parenti.

On Oct. 19, a nine-year-old girl told authorities that she was sexually assaulted by Fabian Osuna-Vargas, 39, of Coddington Avenue, North Plainfield earlier that day in North Plainfield, said McDonald.

Osuna-Vargas was charged with first-degree aggravated sexual assault, and second-degree endangering the welfare of a minor following an investigation conducted by the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office and North Plainfield Police Department.

On Oct. 21, it was found that Osuna-Vargas had boarded a flight from Chicago, Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah, said McDonald.

Osuna-Vargas was caught without incident in Salt Lake City, Utah by members of the Salt Lake City Police Department upon landing.

Osuna-Vargas waived extradition from Utah and was taken by Somerset County Prosecutor’s detectives on Nov. 4 to Somerville, New Jersey where he was held in the Somerset County Jail pending a detention hearing.

McDonald thanked the members of the Salt Lake City Police Department and members of the Chicago Police Department for their assistance in this investigation.

Anyone with information relating to the sexual assault is asked o contact the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Sex Crimes/Child Abuse Unit at 908-231-7100 or the North Plainfield Police
Department at 908-769-2937 or via the STOPit app.

Information can also be provided through the Somerset County Crime Stoppers’ Tip Line at 1-888-577-TIPS (8477). All anonymous STOPit reports and Crime Stopper tips will be kept confidential.

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