BENSALEM TOWNSHIP, PA — Sexual assault charges of minors are expanding into New Jersey for a township man already in custody for the alleged crimes here.
Valeed Anjum, 27, of Bensalem, was arrested for sexually assaulting a minor during a West Deptford/National Park area encounter, the Gloucester County (NJ) Police Department said.
was charged with first-degree aggravated sexual assault, second-degree sexual assault, and third-degree endangering the welfare of a child.
Bensalem Police are holding Anjum on $10 million bail for the sexual assault of a minor, one of five victims across the country, authorities said.
Authorities believe there may be additional victims who have not yet been identified.
In New Jersey, detectives found that Anjum had forced a 12-year-old girl to perform a sex act on him.
Anjum and the girl had spent time in the West Deptford/National Park area, during which he forced her to perform a sex act.
The girl also reported that he touched her under her clothes.
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