Union County Child Sex Assault Suspect Arrested In Texas

PLAINFIELD, NJ — A fugitive who had been at large for several weeks after being charged with the aggravated sexual assault of a child in Plainfield has been arrested in Texas, acting Union County Prosecutor Grace H. Park announced Friday.

Walter Sosa, 33, is charged with first-degree aggravated sexual assault, second-degree sexual assault and second-degree endangering the welfare of a child.

Sosa could face 10 to 20 years in state prison on the first-degree crimes.

An investigation by Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit in early August found that Sosa sexually assaulted the victim, who is younger than 18, numerous times during the previous seven months, Park reported.

Before being arrested it was discovered that Sosa had fled the area where he was eventually tracked and arrested by members of the U.S. Marshals Service in Arlington, Texas late last month.

He is to be extradited back to New Jersey Friday.

Anyone with information about Sosa’s activities still is being urged to contact Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit Sgt. Timothy Durkin at 973-698-9529 or Detective Nicholas Falcicchio at 908-721-8186.

(Image via Union County Prosecutor's Office: Walter Sosa.)

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