West New York Man Charged

WEST NEW YORK MAN CHARGED WITH THE JANUARY 19 SEXUAL ASSAULT AT NEWARK AIRPORT

     " Tomassal Watkins Has Been Charged With Multiple Sexual Offense For The January 19, 2023 Sexual Assault Of A Woman At Newark Airport."

Thursday, January 26, 2023, 12:08 P.M. ET. By Art Fletcher: Englebrook Independent News,

ELIZABETH, NJ.- Yesterday, Union County Prosecutor William A. Daniel and Port Authority Chief Security Officer announced that a 40-Year-Old West New York, New Jersey man has been Charged in connection with the Thursday, January 19, 2023 Sexual Assault in a Parking Garage at Newark Liberty International Airport.

     Tomassal Watkins, 40, of West New York has been Charged with First Degree Aggravated Sexual Assault; Second Degree Sexual Assault; Third Degree Aggravated Assault; and Fourth Degree Criminal Sexual Contact. 

     On Thursday, January 19, 2023, at approximately 9:00 p.m., Members of The Port Authority Police Security Detail responded to The Conrac Parking Garage which is connected to Newark Liberty Airport on a report of a woman being Sexually Assaulted.

     Upon arrival, Police Officers located a woman who reported being Assaulted minutes earlier. She further reported while walking to her car she was attacked by an unknown man.

     Thanks to the quick response by Port Authority Police Officers they were able to locate and apprehend a man matching the description the woman provided to Officers on Airport Property. An exhaustive investigation and evidence collected by Members of The Union County Prosecutor's Office Special Victims Unit in conjunction with Detectives of The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department with assistance by Members of The Union County Sheriff's Department Crime Scene Unit, where able to identify Mr. Watkins as the suspect and the individual responsible for The Sexual Assault of the Woman.

     Mr. Watkins was processed on the Charges and remanded to The Essex County Correctional Facility, where he has been scheduled for a Pretrial Detention Hearing in Union County State Superior Court on Friday, January 27, 2023.

" The Rules Of The Court require Us To Include A Statement, That States: The Charges Outlined In This Publication Are Merely Accusations And The Defendant And Or defendants Are Presumed Innocent Unless And Until Proven Guilty Beyond Reasonable Doubt."  

FILED UNDER JANUARY 26, 2023: LAW, UNION: