Ex-Camden Co. Principal Gets 50 Years For NJ Rape, Home Invasion

WOODBRIDGE, NJ — A Sicklerville resident and former school principal was sentenced Wednesday to 50 years in prison for breaking into a Central Jersey woman's apartment and raping her.

Danny McEaddy, 40, must serve at least 85 percent of his prison term before becoming eligible for parole. In April, a jury convicted McEaddy of the home invasion and sexual assault, which occurred a decade ago in Woodbridge, Middlesex County.

The woman called police the same day of the 2014 incident, saying she did not know the attacker, authorities said. But the case remained unresolved for years, with McEaddy holding various jobs in school administration during that time.

In August 2022, McEaddy faced charges for separate offenses after he was accused of peering into windows in South Jersey. In one case, he entered a Sicklerville home and tried to force a resident into the bathroom, according to Winslow Township police.

McEaddy previously served as principal of Freedom Prep charter school in Camden. He was fired in August 2022.

Before that, he served as principal of Hillcrest Elementary School in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, according to NJ.com and NJ 101.5.

DNA evidence later linked McEaddy to the Woodbridge incident, for which he was arrested in March 2023 and held in Middlesex County Jail.

A Middlesex County jury found McEaddy guilty of all charges:

• First-degree kidnapping
• First-degree aggravated sexual assault
• Second-degree burglary
• Aggravated assault
• Criminal restraint
• Aggravated criminal sexual contact