SOMERVILLE, N.J. (1010 WINS) — Officials charged a New Jersey driving instructor with sexually abusing two of his teenage students during driving lessons, officials said Monday.
According to the Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson, 59-year-old Steven Collucci was arrested on April 22 and is facing two counts of criminal sexual contact, involving two 16-year-old students on two separate occasions while working for Dill's Driving School.
Collucci was sent to the Somerset County Jail pending a bail hearing, officials said.
A juvenile told investigators that Collucci molested the student, touching them in a sexual manner in June 2017 while driving in the Bridgewater and Hillsborough area during a lesson, according to Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson.
The second incident occurred in February 2019, and was reported in January. 2021, officials said.
A second teen alleged that Collucci touched the victim in a sexual manner while driving in the New Brunswick area, the prosecutor said in a statement.
The school's owner, Heinz Neumaier, said Collucci has not worked at the Somerville-based school since April 2019 adding that he was hired about two years before and passed all required state background checks for the job.
Officials ask anyone with information about the allegations to call investigators at the prosecutor's office sex crimes unit at 908-575-3371 or leave anonymous information through the Somerset County Crime Stoppers' Tip Line at 1-888-577-TIPS (8477) or using the STOPit app.
