PRINCETON: Man charged in sexual contact with special needs girl

By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer
   An employee at a Princeton music store was arrested Tuesday on charges that he allegedly had made sexual contact with a special needs girl multiple times during a two-year span.
   Brian Dornbach, 50, was acquainted with the family of the 16-year-old victim, police said Wednesday in announcing his arrest. The Roebling resident went to Princeton Police Headquarters voluntarily in the morning after police contacted the employee of Princeton Record Exchange to say that charges were going to be filed, Princeton Police said.
   Mr. Dornbach was released after posting the 10 percent on $50,000 bail. Charged with aggravated criminal sexual contact and endangering the welfare of a child, he is scheduled to be arraigned Monday in Princeton Municipal Court. That court appearance could be waived, however, police said.
   The victim, a Denville resident, was 15 when the alleged crimes started occurring between January 2011 and last month, said Princeton police Capt. Nicholas K. Sutter.
   Authorities have said the father and the victim would come to Princeton to visit. Mr. Dornbach allegedly was able to get alone with the teen to commit the offenses around six times when the two would be out walking together, authorities have claimed.
   The teen had confided in someone about what had allegedly occurred, with the third-party alerting the girl’s father, Capt. Sutter said. The father contacted Denville Police late last month, Capt. Sutter said, with authorities there notifying Princeton Police. Local authorities were assisted by the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office during what is an active investigation.
   Police have described the victim as developmentally challenged, but did not elaborate further on her special needs.
   According to old news accounts about the music store, Mr. Dornbach was identified as a manager at the Record Exchange. A store employee had no comment Wednesday about the case.