By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer
A Skillman man, who is a registered sex offender, has been ordered to be detained after being charged with luring and lewdness offenses, according to spokeswoman Casey DeBlasio of the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office., Adam Woolf, 23, of Skillman, was ordered to be detained by Mercer County Superior Court Judge Peter E. Warshaw Wednesday at the request of the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office., Mr. Woolf was charged with five counts of second-degree luring, three counts of fourth-degree lewdness and five counts of third-degree endangering the welfare of a child., The incident occurred Feb. 7 in pool area of the Physical Education building at Mercer County Community College, Ms. DeBlasio said., Mr. Woolf told three boys and two girls, who were all under 13 years old, that he was a maintenance employee and that the chlorine levels in the swimming pool would damage their swimsuits, Ms. DeBlasio said., He told the three boys to go into an upstairs men’s locker room. He followed them inside, undressed and showered naked in front of them. He also encouraged the boys to shower naked, Ms. DeBlasio said., Mr. Woolf followed the two girls into the women’s locker room and attempted to do the same thing with them that he did with the boys, she said., Mr. Woolf was subsequently approached and identified at the pool by Mercer County Community College security officers., Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo Onofri gave credit to the West Windsor Township Police Department and the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office’s Special Victims Unit for the investigation that led to Mr. Woolf’s arrest., Assistant Prosecutor Renee Robeson is handling the case. Under bail reform, a defendant can be ordered to be held for pretrial detention at the Prosecutor’s Office’s request, or released with or without conditions. There is no more monetary bail.
