$10K Reward Offered, Man Wanted In Child Sex Assault In Union Co.

PLAINFIELD, NJ — A $10,000 reward is being offered to help find a man wanted for allegedly sexually assaulting a child in Plainfield in 2018, acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo and Plainfield Police Director Lisa Burgess jointly announced.

Authorities released a photo of Jose A. Donis on Wednesday in hopes the public can find him.

Donis, with a last known address on the 900 block of West Third Street in Plainfield, was charged in June with second-degree sexual assault of a child under the age of 13 and third-degree endangering the welfare of a child.

Donis was charged following a joint investigation by the Plainfield Police Division and the Prosecutor’s Office’s Special Victims Unit which found that the alleged sexual abuse took place from early June to late September 2018, Ruotolo said.

The victim was on summer vacation and Donis rented a room in the building in which she lived, according to Union County Assistant Prosecutor Kathleen Dillon, who is prosecuting the case.

Anyone with information about this matter is being urged to contact Prosecutor’s Office Detective
Claudia Diez at 908-868-0391.

The Union County Crime Stoppers are also offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to an arrest and indictment in this case; tips can be given anonymously by phone at 908-654-TIPS (8477) or online at www.uctip.org.

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