Man charged with sexually assaulting young girl

By Dan Cuellar, ABC News

Jan. 21, 2009


63 year-old Donald Wright of Cinnaminson, NJ has been charged with sexually assaulting an 8 year old girl over a period of two years. The girl was under care of Mr. Wright’s wife, who runs a babysitting service out of her New Jersey home. According to authoritiesthe assaults took place when Wright took her places and drove around town in his pickup truck. He has been charged with three accounts of sexual assault, two counts of endangering the welfare of a child and aggravated sexual assault. The neighbors who’ve known the Wrights for up to 10 years claim they would have never thought of anything like it. Another neighbor says she has two little boys and is nervous about the safety of her children and would like to know what’s going on. Mr.Wright was released on a $150,000 cash bail and is to have no contact with minors unless supervised.

My initial analysis is the article is not at its best but is a good story because people should be aware of what’s going on in the neighborhood around them. I would have liked a little more information on whether or not the wife knew about any of the stuff her husband was doing .Will she be punished? I don’t think he should have been released on bail and maybe did a little jail time. As a result of this article, parents may not take their children to home-run babysitting services because people can’t be trusted.


By Cherie B.