Woodbridge Man Charged With 1984 Sex Assault Of Perth Amboy Teen Girl

PERTH AMBOY, NJ — A man from Woodbridge was arrested last Thursday and charged with raping a teenage girl in Perth Amboy in 1984.

The man is Martin Klose, 64, and he was taken into police custody last Thursday, Aug. 24 at his home in the Fords section of Woodbridge. Klose was charged with one count of first-degree aggravated sexual assault and one count of second-degree sexual assault.

The charges were announced by Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Perth Amboy Police Chief Larry Cattano.

The Middlesex County Prosecutor did not reveal how her office allegedly linked Klose to the 1984 rape of the Perth Amboy teen.

However, Klose is the same man who was arrested earlier this summer and accused of seeking a sexual encounter with an underage girl in exchange for cash. Prosecutor Ciccone said that in July Klose attempted to set up a sexual encounter over the Internet with an individual he believed to be a 14-year old girl. In reality, it was a police officer from the Monmouth County Prosecutor's office Special Victims Bureau and High Tech Bureau.

In that case, he was charged with second-degree luring, second-degree sex assault and third-degree attempted child endangerment and taken into police custody.

Anyone with information in the 1984 Perth Amboy sex assault he is accused of is asked to call Detective Rosado, of the Perth Amboy Police Department at 732-324-3872 or Detective Stolte of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit at 732-745-4045.

His initial arrest in July: Woodbridge Man Accused Of Attempting To Lure Teen Online (July 2023)