One of two suspects identified in aggravated sexual assault, kidnapping in Port Reading
A Woodbridge man has been charged in the aggravated sexual assault of an adult female and armed robbery of an adult male, which occurred on April 16 in the Port Reading section of town.
On April 27, Razzell Austin, 21, of the Avenel section of Woodbridge, was apprehended in Avenel by members of the Woodbridge Police Department, the Carteret Police Department, and the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office, according to information provided by Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Director Robert Hubner of the Woodbridge Police Department on April 28.
Austin was charged with two counts of first-degree aggravated sexual assault, one count of third-degree aggravated criminal sexual contact, two counts of first-degree armed robbery, one count of first-degree kidnapping, one count of third-degree criminal restraint, one count of second-degree unlawful possession of a handgun, one count of
WOODBRIDGE One of two men sought in connection with an armed robbery and sexual assault of a couple was arrested Tuesday, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone.
Razzell Austin, 21, was arrested in the Avenel section a day after the prosecutor s office released sketches of the people they say are responsible for the April 16 incident in the area of Lee Street and Scott Place in the Port Reading section.
The other man has not been arrested. He is described as slim, between 5 foot 5 inches and 5 foot 9 inches with brown hair and brown eyes wearing a gray Nike hoodie and white Nike sneakers at the time of the assault.
Razzell Austin, 21, of the Avenel section, was taken into custody Tuesday by police from Woodbridge, Carteret and the Middlesex County Prosecutor s Office.
UpdatedThu, Apr 22, 2021 at 8:12 pm ET
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(Middlesex County Prosecutor s office)
WOODBRIDGE, NJ On Monday, the Middlesex County Prosecutor announced a woman was sexually assaulted at gunpoint and the man with her was robbed Friday night in Port Reading, and now on Thursday the prosecutor released sketches of the two suspects.
Woodbridge Police say that at about 9 p.m. on Friday, April 16 an adult woman and an adult man were approached in the area of Lee Street and Scott Place by two men and held at gunpoint; the woman was sexually assaulted. Law enforcement would not release what was stolen.
Authorities are searching for a slim, Black man who is between 5 foot 8 inches and 5 foot 9 inches tall. This suspect is believed to have worn a cream or gray hoodie and sweatpants or jeans at the time of the assault.