NEWARK, N.J. (WCBS 880) -- A man and woman were arrested on a string of charges after a 14-year-old girl was sexually assaulted and coerced into prostitution, officials said Thursday.
According to Union County officials, 30-year-old Rony D. Game-Palacios and 45-year-old Valdirene Nogueira were arrested for the alleged sexual exploitation of the teen girl.
Game-Palacios is charged with sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child. Valdirene Nogueira is charged with promoting prostitution of a child, promoting prostitution, compelling another to engage in prostitution and endangering the welfare of a child.
In September, the Union County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit received a referral from the Union Police Department about the sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl.
The county’s SVU then investigated the case and determined that Game-Palacios, of Newark, and Nogueira, of Union, coerced her to have sex with him for money after giving her alcohol, according to Assistant Prosecutor Peter Benza who is prosecuting the case.
An investigation remains ongoing. Anyone with information is urged to contact Special Victims Unit Detective Jessica Tattoli at 908-965-3885 or Detective Sergeant Nicholas Veltre at 908-965-3812.
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