Crime & Safety
Five Men Indicted for Sex Crimes
A Gloucester County grand jury handed up indictments on sex crimes charges.
Five men, including one who allegedly committed an assault in West Deptford, were indicted last week by a Gloucester County grand jury on various sex crimes charges.
Matthew T. Hammer, 24, of Norristown, PA, was indicted on multiple charges stemming from an alleged incident on June 3, 2011, in West Deptford.
Hammer faces three counts of second-degree sexual assault by force or coercion, a single count of second-degree sexual assault of a victim between the ages of 13 and 16, where the defendant is more than four years older than the victim, and a single count of endangering the welfare of a child.
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Four others were indicted in unrelated incidents.
Erik M. Vandexter, 52, of Sewell, was indicted for incidents that allegedly occurred between August 2004 and 2008 in Pitman. He’s charged with second-degree sexual assault, fourth-degree criminal sexual contact and third-degree endangering the welfare of a child.
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Brian P. Finamore, 23, of Mt. Laurel, was indicted on charges of criminal sexual contact on May 6, 2011, in Glassboro.
John M. Deluca, 43, of Mantua, was indicted for an alleged second-degree sexual assault, where the defendant is more than four years older than the victim, and endangering the welfare of a child on Sept. 9, 2011, in Mantua.
George R. Piscitelli, 36, of Swedesboro, was indicted for incidents that allegedly occurred in July and August 2011 in Harrison Township. He’s charged with two counts of second-degree sexual assault of a victim between the ages of 13 and 16, where the defendant is more than four years older than the victim, two counts of fourth-degree criminal sexual contact and a single count of endangering the welfare of a child.
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