New Jersey’s Freehold. Authorities said Friday that a 21-year-old Hazlet man has been arrested and charged with sexual contact, lewdness, and stalking after he allegedly followed a lady around a Middletown store last month and engaged in inappropriate behavior.
According to a Middletown Township Police Department investigation, Perry J. Mangano is charged with approaching an adult female customer at the At Home store on State Route 35 North just before 7:30 p.m. on November 22. According to officials, Mangano made illegal physical contact with the woman and exposed himself in her presence.
Mangano faces charges of fourth-degree stalking, fourth-degree lewdness, and fourth-degree criminal sexual contact. The Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office and the Middletown Township Police Department spearheaded the investigation.
Although authorities have not released any more information regarding the event, they are asking anybody with more information to call Detective Kayla Santiago of the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office at (800) 533-7443 or Detective First Class Darrin Simon of the Middletown Township Police at (732) 615-2120.
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