Crime & Safety
Police: Mount Laurel Men Sexually Assaulted 18-Year-Old
Mount Laurel Police arrested the two men Wednesday in connection with the assault at a hotel earlier this month.
Two Mount Laurel men were arrested Wednesday for sexually assaulting an 18-year-old girl earlier this month.
According to Mount Laurel Police, Iric S. Cohen, 42, and Richard T. Hughes, 43, both of the unit block of Forest Court, sexually assaulted the girl—an acquaintance—on Dec. 8 after she was physically incapacitated at a hotel in the 500 block of Fellowship Road in Mount Laurel.
Cohen and Hughes were arrested Wednesday and charged with aggravated sexual assault in the first degree, kidnapping in the first degree and conspiracy in the second degree. The investigation is ongoing and additional charges are anticipated, police said.
Both men were placed in Burlington County Jail in lieu of $400,000 bail each.
Anyone with additional information is urged to contact the Mount Laurel Police Detective Bureau at 856-231-1414, ext. 526.
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