On Thursday, June 5, 2025, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez reports that members of the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit arrested an employee of Hudson Arts and Science Middle School in Kearny for making inappropriate contact with two students.
36-year old Garfield resident Omer Sogutcu has been charged with two counts of sexual assault by contact, crimes of the second degree and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child, crimes of the third degree. Sogutcu was arrested at the charter school’s district office, located in Fair Lawn, and transported to the Hudson County Correctional Facility pending his first court appearance.
A press release from the Prosecutor’s Office states that “the crimes occurred in October of 2024 at Hudson Arts and Science Middle School, where Sogutcu is employed as an IT professional. Two female students under the age of 13 reported Sogutcu exposed himself and asked them to engage in sexual conduct.”
Prosecutor Suarez credited the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit and the Kearny Police Department with the investigation and arrest.
The charges against Sogutcu are merely accusations and he is presumed innocent until proven guilty.