Sex Assault Case Against Delran Couple to Proceed

A Delran couple was successful in having some of the charges against them dropped, but a Superior Court judge ruled they won’t be tried separately and that the sexual abuse case in which they are charged with the assault of three teenagers will not be dismissed, the Burlington County Times reports.

Joseph Carter, 44, and his wife Jennifer, 40, had been charged with more than 50 first- and second-degree crimes relating to the sexual assault of three teenagers.

Jennifer Carter claims she was also a victim of her husband’s crimes.

Detectives in Burlington County initially became aware of the first victim, a 14-year-old boy, in 2012.

The boy claimed he was abused by both adults for years. Further investigation revealed two more victims, eventually identified by detectives through numerous search warrants for cellular telephones, computers and DNA.

The Carters were charged in 2012.