FLORENCE: Township man faces sexual charges of minor

Police: Special needs girl assaulted in 2011 and 2012 by accused

By Philip Sean Curran, Packet Media Group
   An employee at a Princeton music store was arrested last week 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 Jan. 9 in announcing his arrest.
   Mr. Dornbach, a Roebling resident of Florence Township, went to Princeton police headquarters voluntarily in the morning after police contacted the employee of Princeton Record Exchange to say charges were going to be filed, the Princeton Police Department 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 was scheduled to be arraigned Jan. 14 in Princeton Municipal Court, according to police. However, that court appearance was waived.
   The victim, a Denville resident, was 15 when the alleged crimes started occurring between January 2011 and last month, said Princeton police Capt. Nicholas 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 allegedly had 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 about the case as of press time.