A New Jersey man has been charged with abducting a 13-year-old boy off a Newark street and sexually assaulting him.
The Essex County Prosecutors office announced the arrest Friday of 46-year-old Anthony Barham, who faces charges including kidnapping, sexual assault and making terroristic threats.
It isn't clear if Barham has retained a lawyer.
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray says Barham, who has lived in East Orange, Newark and Irvington, allegedly approached the victim in 2011 on a Newark street, forced the teen into his vehicle and drove him to Irvington where he sexually assaulted the teen.
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The victim escaped and sought help, Murray said.
Prosecutors say Barham was on parole supervision wearing a GPS monitor at the time of the attack.
He is being held on $500,000 bail.
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