Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew C. Carey, Chief Thomas Bryan of the Edison Police Department and Director Anthony A. Caputo of the New Brunswick Police Department said today that a 38-year-old man has been arrested on charges of committing sex crimes in Edison and New Brunswick.
Thomas Canales of Franklin Township also was charged with computer theft after he installed a surveillance system in a client’s home, and then watched activities in the home through his computer and cell phone.
Bail has been set at $300,000 for Canales, who is owner of a computer company known as “Scope It Out,” located in the Somerset section of Franklin.
Canales was arrested at his home on September 1, 2016 during an investigation by Detective Bill Coleman of the New Brunswick Police Department, Detective Dominick DeCarlo of the Edison Police Department and Detective Mark Morris of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office.
During the investigation, it was determined that Canales exposed himself to a seven-year-old girl New Brunswick on July 3, 2016. In that case, he is charged with sexual assault, endangering the welfare of a child and lewdness.
He also was charged with criminal sexual contact for improperly touching a 32-year-old woman at a playground in an apartment complex in Edison on August 25, 2016. The charge in that case was filed on September 8, 2016.
The investigation is active and is continuing.
Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Coleman of the New Brunswick Police Department at (732) 745-5200, Detective DeCarlo of the Edison Police Department at (732) 248-7400, or Detective Morris of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office at (732) 745-3300.