FORMER MIDDLESEX COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICER INDICTED FOR VIDEOTAPED VIOLENT SEXUAL ASSAULTS OF UNCONSCIOUS WOMEN
Joshua Padilla Of Eatontown, New Jersey Indicted On First Degree Aggravated Sexual Assault & Other Sexual Assault Related Charges."
September 28, 2021 By Art Fletcher Reporting For: Englebrook Independent News,
FREEHOLD, NJ.- On Monday, September 27, 2021 Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey announced that a Grand Jury sitting in Monmouth County, New Jersey has returned a Twenty Count Indictment against a former Middlesex County Sheriff's Officer for Videotaping Violent Sexual Assaults of Three Unconscious Women over a Three Year Period.
Joshua Padilla, 36, of Eatontown, New Jersey was Indicted on Friday, September 24, 2021, and is now Charged with Eight Counts of First Degree Aggravated Sexual Assault; Seven Counts of Third Degree Invasion of Privacy; Four Counts of Third Degree Aggravated Sexual Contact; and One Count of Second Degree Endangering the Welfare of a Child.
In February 2019, Members of The Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office Special Victims Bureau, arrested Mr. Padilla a resident of Eatontown, New Jersey in connection with an investigation by The Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office.
As a result of the investigation, Mr. Padilla was found to be in Possession of Multiple Videos of himself performing Sexual Acts upon women who were clearly Unconscious and Unresponsive. Additionally Mr. Padilla was found to be in Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Materials. Many of these Crimes took place in Mr. Padilla's Monmouth County residence, with others occurring in Middlesex County, New Jersey.
The Sexual Assault Charges outlined on Monday relate to Three different Adult Victims and taking place from 2016 into 2018, but Investigators continue to seek additional information about Mr. Padilla's activities.
Anyone with additional information regarding this incident or Mr. Padilla is urged to contact Detective Brian Hammarstrom of The Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office at (732) 431-7160 Ext. 6413.
" These were truly unspeakable crimes against utterly helpless victims," Acting Prosecutor Linskey said. " We are encouraged by the progress made so far in shepherding this case through the Criminal Justice System, but troubled by the prospects of other victims being out there who have yet to come forward- and who may not even have known they were victimized. We urge anyone with any information about the activities of this defendant to step forward and tell us what they know."
Mr. Padilla remains incarcerated in Federal Prison in Pennsylvania, and is no longer employed by The Middlesex County Sheriff's Office.
" The Rules Of The Court Require Us To Include A Statement, Which States: The Charges Outlined In This Publication Are Merely Accusations And The Defendant And Or Defendant's Are Presumed Innocent Unless And Until Proven Guilty Beyond Reasonable Doubt."
FILED UNDER SEPTEMBER 28, 2021: LAW, MONMOUTH: