Hillsborough Man Charged In Connection With Groping Of Rutgers Students

HILLSBOROUGH, NJ — A Hillsborough man was charged with criminal sexual contact after two women reported being groped on Rutgers University campus in New Brunswick.

Crystaljay Ecot, 29, of Hillsborough Township was arrested on Tuesday without incident and charged with two counts of fourth-degree criminal sexual contact, announced Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone on Wednesday.

The first woman said she was groped at around 11:20 p.m. Monday on College Avenue between Seminary Place and Hamilton Street, and the second woman said she was groped a short time later, at 11:45 p.m. near Hamilton Street and Easton Avenue.

Both women said an unknown man touched them in an intimate area while running past them. He then ran off.

Ecot was identified as the unknown man following an investigation led by Detective Sean Freeman of the New Brunswick Police Department and Detective Stephanie Redline of the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office, along with the help of the Rutgers Police Department.

This is an active and ongoing investigation.

Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Sean Freeman of the New Brunswick Police Department at 732-745-5217, Detective Richard McNulty of the Rutgers Police Department at 848-932-1889 or Detective Stephanie Redline of the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office Special Victim’s Unit at 732-745-3316.

Related: Read More: 2 Women Groped By Man On Rutgers Campus Monday Night

— Additional reporting by Carly Baldwin

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