OCTOBER 15, 2007

ARREST MADE IN RAPE AT MCCC

WEST WINDSOR — Mercer County Prosecutor Joseph L. Bocchini Jr. and West Windsor Police Chief Joseph Pica announced today that the investigation into the sexual assault of a Mercer County Community College student has resulted in the arrest of an 18-year-old Trenton man. 

Nolan Washington Hall (DOB 7/23/89), of Quinton Avenue, Trenton, was charged with one count of sexual assault at the West Windsor Township Police Department on Monday. 

Hall, also a MCCC student, is accused of sexually assaulting a 20-year-old woman from Trenton inside the college’s communications building on the evening of October 8. 

Sexual assault is a crime of the second degree.  It carries a penalty of five to 10 years in prison. 

Bail in the amount of $50,000 cash or bond was set by Mercer County Superior Court Judge Maryann K. Bielamowicz.   Hall is being held at the Mercer County Correction Center. 

Township Detective Marylouise Dranchak and prosecutor’s Sergeant Karen Ortman conducted the investigation.  

Despite having been charged, every defendant is presumed innocent until found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.