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On Nov. 24, Hamilton Township charged Jonathan Bascio, 30, of Hamilton with multiple counts of first-degree aggravated sexual assault, according to the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office.
The prosecutor filed a motion to detain Bascio pending trial, but that motion was denied and he was released, according to Casey DeBlasio, a spokeswoman for the office.
It is alleged that on Oct. 25, Bascio committed an unlawful act of sexual penetration on an a Hamilton woman while slept, the prosecutor said. It also is alleged that Bascio committed multiple similar unlawful acts of sexual penetration upon a second adult Hamilton woman over the course of the last year, authorities said.
The Mercer County Prosecutor’s Special Victims Unit recently received information that Bascio may have committed similar unlawful acts on additional victims.
This investigation is ongoing.
Anyone with information is urged to call Detective Jonathan White of the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office at 609-989-6399 or Hamilton Police Detective Joseph Ialacci at 609-581-4000.
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