Watertown man charged with third-degree rape involving teenage girl
Watertown police charged Nicholas Goossen with third-degree rape after alleging he had sexual contact with a 16-year-old girl at a Factory Street apartment.
By the ClickNNY North Country Desk
The Watertown Police Department charged 35-year-old Nicholas Goossen with third-degree rape after alleging he had sexual contact with a 16-year-old girl Thursday afternoon at a Factory Street apartment.
Goossen was being held in the Jefferson County Jail pending arraignment. The New York State Sex Offender Registry lists him as a Level 3 sex offender. The registry also shows a 2018 arrest involving a 16-year-old girl, followed by a third-degree rape conviction and a three-year prison sentence.
Reported by ClickNNY and reviewed by an editor before publication.
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