Home Caregiver Sexually Assaulted Non-Verbal Man In Somerset: Cop

SOMERSET, NJ — A Somerset woman was charged with aggravated criminal sexual contact of a non-verbal man she was hired to care for, said Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson.

Rose Stanley, 69, of Hempstead Drive in Somerset was charged. She was working as a Home Health Care aide for a Franklin Township-based healthcare company at the time of the assault.

The assault was reported on Tuesday at about 3:12 p.m. to Franklin Township Police at a Franklin home.

Detectives from the Franklin Township Police Department investigated and arrested Stanley without incident.

Stanley was charged with third-degree aggravated criminal sexual contact. She was lodged in the Somerset County Jail pending a detention hearing.

Anyone with information relating to the sexual contact is asked to contact the Franklin Township Police Department at 732-873-5533 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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