New charges have been filed against a man accused of abusing a woman and holding her captive for nearly a year before she escaped in New Jersey.
On Wednesday, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin announced charges of first-degree aggravated sexual assault against James Parrillo Jr., 57. The new charges were contained in an indictment recently handed up by a state grand jury on May 3, officials said.
The 11-count indictment also includes two counts of sexual assault (second-degree), one count of criminal coercion (second degree) and one count of theft by extortion (second degree.)
Parrillo was arrested on February 7 after the woman he was holding captive escaped from the New Jersey home they shared and fled to a nearby gas station, investigators said. He was initially charged with kidnapping, strangulation, aggravated assault and criminal restraint.
Investigators said the victim met Parrillo – who she knew at the time as “Brett Parker” – at a gas station on Interstate 10 in New Mexico in February 2022 and she agreed to give him a ride to Arizona. The woman told police the two were in a relationship for about a month when he physically assaulted her. At that point she felt unable to leave, according to investigators.
Parrillo took away the woman’s phone, confiscated and used her debit cards and isolated her from her family, police said.
In December, Parrillo and the woman arrived in New Jersey where he held her against her will, investigators said. In January, the two stayed in a rented room with other people in Bass River Township, according to police. At one point, the woman noticed an interior deadbolt on the door of a nearby gas station they had visited and she began to plan her escape, investigators said.Â
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