Manville Man Sexually Assaults Girl, 12, While In Raritan: Police

MANVILLE, NJ — A Manville man was arrested for sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl three times in 2017 while in Raritan, Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson announced.

Cornelio Felipe-Lopez, 22, was arrested on Thursday at his North 4th Avenue home. He was charged with first-degree aggravated sexual assault and third-degree endangering the welfare of a child.

On April 27, a 12-year old girl told detectives from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Sex Crimes/Child Abuse Unit that she had been sexually assaulted on three occasions in 2017, by Felipe-Lopez while living in Raritan.

Felipe-Lopez was lodged in the Somerset County Jail pending a detention hearing.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Sex Crimes and Child Abuse Unit at 908-231-7100, or via the STOPit app by downloading the STOPit app to your smart phone at Google Play or at the Apple iTunes Store and enter the access code SOMERSETNJ.

Tipsters can also call the Somerset County Crime Stoppers’ Tip Line at 1-888-577-TIPS (8477) or go online at www.888577tips.org or www.scpo.net and click on either “Crime Stoppers” or “TIPS HOTLINE.” All anonymous Crime Stopper tips will be kept confidential.

(Image via Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office: Cornelio Felipe-Lopez, 22, of North 4th Avenue, Manville)

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