Morristown man charged with sexual assaults against four victims–three of them, juveniles

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Ruben Gonzalez, 19, of Morristown, has been charged in connection with four alleged sexual assaults involving four victims — three of whom were juveniles — between December 2020 and November 2021 in Morris Township and Morristown.

Here are more details.

From the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office

Morristown Man Faces Several Sexual Assault Charges
Involving Four Different Victims

Dec. 23, 2021

Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll, Chief of Detectives Christoph K. Kimker, Morris Township Police Chief Mark DiCarlo, and Morristown Police Chief Darnell Richardson announce charges have been filed against Ruben Gonzalez, 19, of Morristown, in connection with alleged serial sexual assaults that occurred between December 2020 and November 2021.

Subsequent investigation revealed four different victims whose ages range from 14 to 18. The sexual assaults occurred in Morris Township and Morristown.

Upon arrest and following the issuance of a search warrant, a subsequent analysis of the defendant’s cell phone identified several videos depicting the sexual exploitation of children.

Following investigations of these incidents, Gonzalez has been charged with:

  •   One (1), first degree count of Aggravated Sexual Assault on a Physically Helpless Victim
  •   Eight (8), second degree counts of Sexual Assault
  •   Three (3), third degree counts of Endangering the Welfare of a Child
  •   Seven (7), fourth degree counts of Criminal Sexual Contact
  •   One (1), third degree count of Possession of Child Pornography

    Gonzalez is currently in the custody of the Morris County Correctional Facility following a detention hearing, pursuant to the Criminal Justice Reform Act.

    Anyone with information relating to this case or any related incident is asked to call Detective Melissa Enslen of the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office at 973-285-6307 or Detective Scott Weaver of the Morristown Police Department 973-292-6656.

    A criminal complaint is merely an accusation. Despite these accusations, the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until he has been proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

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7 COMMENTS

  1. People like marisol don’t understand that the immigration status of a perp is very important. They don’t realize that the crime would not have happened had the illegal not been here in the first place.

  2. Yes indeed-a crime is a crime regardless. Like crossing the US border freely ignoring the immigration laws. Has nothing to do with Mr. Gonzales specifically-there are terror watchlisters entering what is now a nation in crisis. I should know since I solved the root causes of the problem.

  3. literally wtf is wrong with you… as if this man’s legal status has ANYTHING to do with the things he did. the lives of the girls that he destroyed. i don’t know what red neck life you live, but grow tf up. he wasn’t raised to respect women, and there’s plenty that weren’t raised correctly in white households as well.

  4. @Jeff
    There is zero importance knowing if anyone accused of a crime is here as a legal or illegal resident. Criminal activity it just that…any criminal should be apprehended and dealt with by the legal system not by the ‘surname guilty court of Jeff’.

    If they had a surname of ‘Smith, Johnson or Williams’ would you have questioned their residency status?

    Disgraceful open bias I have come to expect from a clear bigot based on your ‘contributions’ to the comments here on many occasions. You should be ashamed, but wait, you will just put my response down by using a straw argument instead of your own clear failings. Happy Christmas so long as y’all are ‘American’ [Jeff, Dec 2020].

  5. I don’t know if they mentioned Morristown as much as they could have in this article. More importantly it would be good to know if Mr. Gonzales is here legally.

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