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A Burlington County woman has been charged with aggravated sexual assault of a 14-year-old female victim, reported Camden County Prosecutor Grace C. MacAulay and Gloucester Township Police Chief David Harkins.
Rebecca Coddington, 27, of Browns Mills has been charged with two counts of first-degree Aggravated Sexual Assault, six counts of second-degree Sexual Assault, two counts of third-degree Aggravated Criminal Sexual Contact, and two counts of third-degree Endangering the Welfare of a Child.
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During the investigation, detectives from the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit and the Gloucester Township Police Department learned that a 14-year-old female victim was allegedly sexually assaulted multiple times by Coddington at a private residence in Gloucester Township during the period of September 2019, until December 29, 2023.
Coddington is a substitute teacher in the Runnemede Public School District, but no allegations have been brought forward involving students.
Coddington was arrested in Gloucester Township on February 5, 2024, by the Gloucester Township Police Department.
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She was remanded to the Camden County Correctional Facility pending a detention hearing on February 9, 2024.
Anyone with information regarding this investigation is urged to contact Detective Luis Sibaja of the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit at (856) 225-8682 or Detective Daniel Ritz of the Gloucester Township Police Department at (856) 374-5705.
Tips can also be sent to CAMDEN.TIPS.
All individuals charged with crimes are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
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