South Brunswick Accused Sexual Deviant Charged With Lewd Acts

Sunday, May 25, 2025, 8:45 A.M. ET. 2 Minute Read, By Art Fletcher: Englebrook Independent News,

EDISON, NJ.- Last Monday, a 21-year-old South Brunswick, New Jersey, man first charged in December 2024 with allegedly multiple acts of lewdness in South Brunswick and at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, was charged once again with performing lewd acts in the lobby of Middlesex County College in Edison, New Jersey.

     According to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone, on May 9, 2025, the Middlesex County College Police Department received a call reporting a man performing lewd acts in the lobby of a college building on the Edison campus.

     During the ensuing investigation, College Police Officers uncovered two additional incidents that occurred on campus involving the person, subsequently identified as Jihad Goines, Jr., 21, of South Brunswick, New Jersey. Goines, Jr., was observed by video camera surveillance footage performing lewd acts in front of students.

Goines, Jr. Charged Again On Thursday With Lewd Acts

     Accordingly, following being identified, on Thursday, May 22, 2025, Goines, Jr. was taken into custody and charged with three counts of fourth-degree Criminal Sexual Contact; and three counts of a Disorderly Persons Offense of Lewdness. Goines, Jr. was processed on the charges, and following his first appearance and detention hearing later in the day on Thursday, a Middlesex County Superior Court Judge ordered Goines, Jr. to remain detained in the Middlesex County Adult Correctional Center pending trial.

     Goines, Jr., was previously taken into custody in December 2024 for similar conduct that occurred in a South Brunswick residential neighborhood and at Rutgers University’s New Brunswick Campus, resulting in charges being filed for three counts of fourth-degree Criminal Sexual Contact; and seven counts of a Disorderly Persons Offense of Lewdness.

     The investigation remains ongoing. Anyone with information or who may have observed Goines, Jr. engaging in lewd and lascivious behavior is urged to contact Officer Shawn Ferguson of the Middlesex College Police Department or Detective Ashley Blackwell of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office at (732) 745-3465. All calls and information will be kept confidential.

“The rules of the court require us to include a statement that states: The charges outlined in this publication are merely accusations, and the defendant and or defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond reasonable doubt.”