FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Caitlin Mota
PHONE: (201) 577-6699
EMAIL: cmota@hcpo.org
DATE: Wednesday, April 26, 2023

MONTCLAIR MAN CHARGED WITH SEXUAL ASSAULT AT SECAUCUS HOTEL

Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez has released the following information:

On Tuesday, April 25, 2023, members of the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit arrested an Essex County man following an investigation into a sexual assault that occurred at a Secaucus hotel.

Fokam Parfait, 25, of Montclair, is charged with Aggravated Sexual Assault in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:14-2a(6), a crime of the first degree; Aggravated Assault in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:12-1b(1), a crime of the second degree; and Kidnapping in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:13-1b, a crime of the first degree. He was arrested at the Bergen County Jail, where he is currently being detained on similar charges. The State has filed a Motion for Detention in this matter, which is tentatively scheduled for Monday, May 1, 2023.

On Thursday, March 30, 2023, the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit was notified that a 28-year-old victim reported being sexually assaulted at a hotel on Meadowlands Parkway in Secaucus on Saturday, September 10, 2022. The victim sustained head and facial injuries and was prevented from leaving the hotel room during the course of the assault. Parfait met the victim through an online dating app.

Prosecutor Suarez credited the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit and the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit with the investigation and arrest. The above charges are merely accusations and the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty. R.P.C.3.6(b)(6).