An area man has been charged with robbery and aggravated sexual assault in connection with a Thursday incident in Tinton Falls, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey announced on Tuesday.

Kareem Lee, 31, of Keyport, has been charged: with first-degree robbery, as well as first-degree Aggravated Sexual Assault with an Armed Weapon after threatening to rob the victim of money and sexually assaulting the victim, while armed with a deadly weapon.

At 2:32 p.m. on Thursday, July 21, Tinton Falls police were dispatched to a local motel for a report of a sexual assault. Upon arrival, the female victim told officers that she had been sexually assaulted at gunpoint by a man who had entered the room.

A collaborative investigation was launched with the Tinton Falls Police Department and the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Bureau. During the course of the investigation, the suspect was identified as Lee.

The investigation remains ongoing while Lee is being held at the Monmouth County Correctional Institute (MCCI) pending a detention hearing on July 27 before Monmouth County Superior Court Judge Paul X. Escandon.

Investigators are actively seeking additional information about Lee’s activities; and, a photo is being distributed.

Anyone with information regarding this case or Lee is asked to please contact Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office Detective Dawn Correia at 800-533-7443, or Tinton Falls Police Department Officer Christopher Mills at 732-542-4422.

— Edited press release from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office

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