Crime & Safety
Corrections Officer Had Sex with Girl, 15, in Edison Hotel: Police
The officer contacted the teen through a website, and arranged to meet her at an Edison hotel, police said.
Edison, NJ - A state corrections officer was arrested Saturday and charged with having sexual relations with a 15-year-old girl, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew Carey and Edison Police Chief Thomas Bryan.
Cole Boykin Jr., 34, of Bordentown, was charged with sexual assault, endangering the welfare of a child, and prostitution arising from an encounter at an Edison hotel on Friday night. Boykin was employed as a corrections officer at New Jersey State Prison in Trenton.
The officer allegedly contacted the 15-year-old girl through a website, and arranged to meet her at the hotel, the prosecutor charged.
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The victim, 15, and another unidentified 16-year-old girl were stopped by police outside of the hotel, where the 15-year-old girl said she had just gotten into an argument with Boykin.
He left the hotel, but was traced by police.
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Boykin was held at the Middlesex County Adult Corrections Center in North Brunswick.
Photo: Cole Boykin, Jr.; image provided by Middlesex County Prosectutor’s Office.
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