Crime & Safety

Employee Sexually Assaults Teen at Mt. Laurel Shop, Police Say

Mount Laurel Police took a 65-year-old man into custody earlier this week, the day after the alleged assault occurred.

A 65-year-old Berlin man has been charged with sexually assaulting a teenage girl at a specialty shop in Mount Laurel this week, according to police.

Mount Laurel Police say Pasquale Dangelo, a resident of the unit block of Washburne Avenue, was working at an unidentified specialty shop on the 1100 block of Route 73 and sexually assaulted a 19-year-old customer Monday afternoon. 

Dangelo was arrested Tuesday and charged with sexual assault in the second degree and lodged in Burlington County Jail after failing to post $50,000 bail.

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The investigation is ongoing.

If anyone has additional information, contact the Mount Laurel Police Detective Bureau at 856-234-1414, ext. 1526.

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