By: Kafi Rosenbaum
According to an announcement made by Boonton Township officials, Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll, Morris County Chief of Detectives Robert McNally, and Boonton Township Chief of Police Thomas Cacciabeve, Mr. Justin N. Emker, 19, of Butler has been arrested due to a connection with allegedly filming others in a bathroom stall.
The defendant has been charged with three counts of third-degree Invasion of Privacy in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:14-9b(1).
Officials say that on July 22, Boonton Township police officers were approached by a concerned citizen at the Rockaway Valley Aerodrome (RVA) Fields in Boonton.
The citizen reported that someone had been in the women’s bathroom for an extended period of time.
Officers located a person later identified as Mr. Justin Emker inside one of the bathroom stalls.
Further investigation done by the Boonton Township Police Department revealed three videos on the defendant’s cellular phone that allegedly depict adult females’ intimate parts while they used the restroom facilities.
The defendant was arrested on the above charges on July 22.
Following the arrest, the defendant was released pursuant to the Criminal Justice Reform Act with pretrial release conditions that include monitoring, prohibition from returning to the RVA Fields, and limited cellular phone usage.
The defendant is scheduled to appear in court on September 6.
The investigation remains ongoing.
If anyone has any information related to this investigation, they are encouraged to call the Sex Crimes / Child Endangerment Unit of the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office at 973-285-6200.
Despite these accusations, the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.