Report: Lakewood Resident, Shemuel Shalomchaim, Charged with Rape

Zaakah posts March 19, 2026: Shemuel Shalomchaim is a resident of Lakewood and owns a trucking company there. He surrendered to the NYPD on Tuesday to face charges of rape in the first degree, sexual abuse in the first degree, rape in the third degree, sexual misconduct, and sexual abuse in the third degree. According to the complaint, in 2022 Shalomchaim raped a woman while she was asleep. He is currently out on $10,000 bail.
Shalomchaim reportedly also learns in Rabbi Aron’s yeshiva, Yeshiva Nesiv Hatorah, in Tom’s River.

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