Crime & Safety
Computer Repairman Charged With Sex Crimes in Edison, New Brunswick, Prosecutor Says
He is accused of exposing himself to a girl, 7, in New Brunswick and improperly touching an Edison woman, 32.
New Brunswick, NJ - A man who owns a computer repair company, "Scope It Out,” in Somerset, was arrested Friday and charged with committing sex crimes in Edison and New Brunswick.
The sex crimes were not related to his work on computers, prosecutors said, but he was also charged with computer theft after he installed a surveillance system in a client’s home, and then watched activities in the home through his computer and cell phone, police said.
In New Brunswick, Thomas Canales, 38, is accused of exposing himself to a seven-year-old girl on July 3. In Edison, he is accused of improperly touching a 32-year-old woman at a playground in an apartment complex in Edison on August 25.
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Canales was arrested at his Franklin Township home on September 1. Bail has been set at $300,000.
Photo of Thomas Canales provided by Middlesex County Prosecutor
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