KEARNY, N.J. (PIX11) --- A New Jersey middle school worker is accused of exposing himself to two female students under the age of 13, according to prosecutors.
Omer Sogutcu, 36, an IT worker at Hudson Arts and Science Middle School in Kearny, was arrested Thursday and charged with sexual assault by contact and endangering the welfare of a child, according to the Hudson County Prosecutor.
Sogutcu allegedly exposed himself to the underage girls and asked them to engage in sexual activity at the middle school in October 2024, authorities said.
The defendant was arrested after an investigation by the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit and the Kearny Police Department.
Sogutcu's first court appearance was pending. Information for his attorney was not immediately available.
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