Sentencing In East Windsor Man's Child Sex Assault Case Postponed

EAST WINDSOR, NJ — The sentencing of an East Windsor man who has admitted to the sexual assault of two children has been postponed due to a possible monitoring violation. Menachem A. Chinn, 41, a former teacher at the Shalom Torah Academy in Monmouth County, previously pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree of endangering the welfare of a child, according to Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri.
He admitted to the sexual assault of two children, including one at the academy, Onofri said.

He was to be sentenced on Friday, but it was postponed until Dec. 8, when the monitoring violation will be addressed, according to the Princeton Packet. His attorney told the newspaper it is impossible for Chinn to leave his house without passing by the home of one of his victims.

Chinn admitted to touching the genitals of a child at Chinn's home in East Windsor. In the second incident, he admitted to having a second child touch his genitals while at the academy, according to Onofri. He was charged with one assault in April. Following media reports of Chinn's arrest, a second victim reached out to law enforcement with a second round of accusations.

The incident at his home was said to have involved a 12-year-old boy. In the charges that were filed in May, Chinn was accused of inappropriate sexual contact with one of his students on a number of occasions between July 2010 and May 2011.

Chinn faces a five-year suspended prison sentence as part of the plea deal. He would also be sentenced to parole supervision for life and would have to register as a sex offender under Megan's Law. He would be barred from teaching and ordered to have no unsupervised contact with children under the age of 18.

The attached image of Menachem A. Chinn was previously provided by the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office