By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer
A 35-year-old teacher’s aide at a private school for children with special needs in Montgomery Township has been charged with criminal sexual contact, endangering the welfare of a child and witness tampering, according to the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office and the Montgomery Township Police Department.
Daniel Fowler, 35, who lives on Princeton Pike in Lawrence Township, was charged after he allegedly sexually assaulted a 17-year-old student at the East Mountain School on County Route 601, said Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robinson. The school is on the grounds of the Carrier Clinic.
The incident was reported to the Montgomery Township Police Department on Aug. 30.
Police determined that Fowler had been communicating with the girl through a mobile app before sexually assaulting her. The communication between the student and Fowler was of a sexual nature, police said.
Fowler was arrested at his home without incident, with the help of the Lawrence Township Police Department. He was taken to the Somerset County Jail without bail, pending a detention hearing.
