Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone announced today that a Piscataway man was arrested and charged with Sexual Assault.

On December 1st, 2025, the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office was alerted by New Jersey Department of Corrections Special Investigations Division that two inmates reported that they were sexually assaulted by a Correctional Police Officer over the past weekend.

An investigation led by Detective Christopher Van Eerde and Detective Tammy Colonna of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit along with Investigator Sean Smith of the New Jersey Department of Corrections Special Investigations Division, determined that Correctional Police Officer Anthony Nelson, 37, of Piscataway, sexually assaulted two inmates while supervising the inmates at the Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center in Avenel, New Jersey.

On December 15th, 2025, Correctional Police Officer Anthony Nelson was arrested without incident and charged with two counts of second-degree Sexual Assault and two counts of fourth-degree Criminal Sexual Contact.

Anthony Nelson will be detained at the Middlesex County Adult Correction Center awaiting a preliminary hearing before a Superior Court Judge.

The investigation is active and ongoing. Anyone with information should contact Detective Van Eerde or Colonna at 732-745-3300 or Investigator Smith at 856-812-3310.

As is the case with all criminal defendants, the charges against Anthony Nelson are merely accusations, and he is presumed innocent until proven guilty.