Man Charged With Groping 2 Female Rutgers Students Monday Night

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — An arrest was made in the incident of a man who groped two different female students on the Rutgers campus Monday night.

Crystaljay Ecot, 29, of Hillsborough Township, was arrested Tuesday and charged with two counts of fourth-degree criminal sexual contact.

At 11:20 p.m. and then again at 11:45 p.m. on Monday, two female Rutgers students reported to police that they were inappropriately touched by an unknown man. Both women said the man ran past them while they were walking near campus, touched them in an intimate area and then ran off.

The women said this happened to them while they were walking near campus in the area of Hamilton Street and College Avenue.

The investigation was done by Detective Sean Freeman of the New Brunswick Police Department and Detective Stephanie Redline of the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office, along with the assistance of Rutgers Police.

Original Patch report on this incident: 2 Women Groped By Man On Rutgers Campus Monday Night

This is an active and ongoing investigation. Anyone with information is asked to call New Brunswick Police Detective Freeman 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.