By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer
A sex offender from Skillman received five years’ probation Thursday stemming from when he tried in February to get children to shower naked at Mercer County Community College’s West Windsor campus., Adam L. Woolf had to immediately enter inpatient treatment and is not allowed back at the college, the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office said Friday. Those and other conditions are in line with the plea bargain that he had accepted March 28, in which he pleaded guilty to three counts of third-degree endangering the welfare of a child., Woolf, who turns 24 on April 24, had been accused of posing as a maintenance man at the college, on Feb.7, in the physical education building. He was a Mercer County College student at the time, and has cognitive limitations., He was accused of telling a group of children – all 12 years old who were participating in their swim team – that the chlorine level in the pool would damage their bathing suits. He directed three boys to the men’s locker room, followed them, showered naked in front of at least one of them and urged all three to do likewise, the Prosecutor’s Office has said., Likewise, he followed two girls into their locker room and tried “similar activity,” the Prosecutor’s Office has said. None of the five children were touched or assaulted, however., He was charged with five counts of second-degree luring and related offenses. In March, he took the plea deal in a case that moved quickly., Prosecutor’s Office spokeswoman Casey A. DeBlasio said Friday that Woolf is not allowed to be alone with children under the age of 18 and “have no contact with the victims or their families.”, His lawyer, Jack Furlong, could not be reached for comment., Woolf, a native of Great Britain, is listed as a tier 3 high risk sex offender on the New Jersey State Police registry of sex offenders.
