Somerset Man Charged With Sexual Assault Of Unconscious Woman: Cops

FRANKLIN, NJ — A Somerset man was arrested and charged with sexual assault that happened last summer.

Antonio Galindo-Salazar, 27, of Henry Street, Somerset, was arrested on Jan. 25, 2023, said Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald, Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Chief of County Detectives John W. Fodor, and Franklin Township Public Safety Director Quovella M. Maeweather.

On June 20, 2022, an adult woman alleged that she was sexually assaulted in Franklin Township and she was interviewed by a detective from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Sex Crimes/Child Abuse Unit.

The woman said she had been drinking alcohol at a home in Franklin Township and later woke up in a bedroom to find Galindo-Salazar on top of her, according to McDonald.

On Jan. 25, 2023, Galindo-Salazar was arrested without incident in Franklin Township following an investigation by detectives from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s OfficeSex Crimes/Child Abuse Unit and detectives from the Franklin Township Police Department.

Galindo-Salazar was charged with second-degree sexual assault and was taken to the Somerset County Jail pending a detention hearing.

Anyone with information relating to the sexual assault is asked to contact the Somerset County Prosecutors Office Sex Crimes Unit at 908-231-7100 or 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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