Man Offered 13-Year-Old Girl Money For Sex, Assaulted Her: Hudson County Prosecutors

HUDSON COUNTY, NJ — A North Bergen man has been charged with trafficking and promoting child prostitution after he offered to pay a 13-year-old girl for sex, then assaulted her in a motel room, prosecutors said.

Henry Sunun Sutuj, 24, of North Bergen, has been charged with human trafficking, two counts of promoting child prostitution, engaging in prostitution with a minor, four counts of endangering the welfare of a child, sexual assault, and criminal sexual contact, said the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office this week.

He was arrested at his home on Friday, April 26, with assistance by the North Bergen Police Department and the United States Marshals Service New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force, prosecutors said.

Prosecutors said that on Saturday, April 20, the West New York Police Department was notified of a sexual assault involving a 13-year-old juvenile female.

They determined that Sutuj had met the girl at a park in that town, then "offered the juvenile money in exchange for sexual acts and arranged transportation for the juvenile to meet him at a North Bergen motel, where he sexually assaulted her."

Anyone wishing to report a sex crime should call the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office Special Victims Unit (SVU) at 201-915-1234.