Cops: Man Sexually Assaulted 10-Year-Old Girl

Police say a Morristown man has admitted to touching the genitals of a 10-year-old girl in the closet of her Speedwell Avenue apartment.

Juan Diego Suarez, 36, of Speedwell Avenue, was charged with three counts of second degree sexual assault and third degree endangering the welfare of a child on July 26.

A witness told police on June 13 that he or she had been at the back of the apartment, and saw Suarez and the child "standing very close to each other inside a closet," according to an affidavit signed by Detective Tyrone Jackson.

When Suarez saw the witness, he ran from the apartment, according to testimony from the witness described in the affidavit.

The 10-year-old female then told the witness that Suarez had "grabbed her breasts over her clothes" and had given her money "to use for lunch at school," the affidavit describes the witness saying.

The Morris County Prosecutor's Office interviewed the girl on June 14, and she said Suarez had followed her into the closet several times over the previous couple weeks, and touched her breasts, according to the affidavit. The child also told the prosecutor's office that Suarez had touched her vagina on the last occasion, and that Suarez had said he would "call the police on her mother" if she told anyone what was happening, according to the affidavit

Suarez admitted to the prosecutor's office that he had touched the 10-year-old's vagina and that she had touched "his erect penis," but he denied touching her breasts, according to the affidavit.

Bail was set for Suarez at $150,000 without a 10 percent option.