Union County Man Charged With Aggravated Sexual Contact Of Child

ELIZABETH, NJ — A Union County man was charged and arrested for sexual offenses he committed against a child, said Union County Prosecutor William A. Daniel, Elizabeth Police Director Earl Graves, and Elizabeth Police Chief Giacomo Sacca on Thursday.

Neil Rosenstein, 78, of Elizabeth, has been charged with second-degree endangering the welfare of a child, third-degree aggravated criminal sexual contact, and fourth-degree criminal sexual contact.

In October of 2022, the Elizabeth Police Department got information about alleged sexual acts committed by Rosenstein against a child, which had occurred years earlier, said Daniel.

A joint investigation, by the Elizabeth Police Department and Union County Prosecutor’s Office’s Special Victims Unit, found that the assault happened in Elizabeth during the summer of 2015, against a victim who was 15-years-old at the time, according the Assistant Prosecutor Caroline Lawlor, who is prosecuting the case.

Rosenstein was charged and ultimately arrested on Oct. 20 at Newark Liberty International Airport, after arriving on a flight from out of the country. He was remanded to the Essex County Jail to await further proceedings.

The investigation remains ongoing.

Anyone with information is urged to contact Union County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit Detective Scott Chertoff at 908-358-9162 or Elizabeth Police Department Detective Neptune Ambroise at 908-558-2014.

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