MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. – Iric S. Cohen, who is the founder, president and CEO of Limousine Digest, owner of the Limousine Digest Show, and owner of Modern Technologies Group, was arrested on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011 and charged for kidnapping and sexually assaulting an 18-year-old woman earlier this month. The alleged attack is still under investigation, police said, so not many details have emerged.

The Mount Laurel Police Department said Cohen and a man named Richard Hughes were accused of sexually assaulting an 18-year-old female acquaintance at the Aloft hotel on Dec. 8 2011. The men were arrested on outstanding warrants and have been charged with first-degree aggravated sexual assault, first-degree kidnapping and second-degree conspiracy. Police said additional charges are anticipated. Cohen and Hughes are being held at Burlington County Jail on $400,000 bail.

According to an article in Limousine Digest’s 20th anniversary issue, Cohen was 19 when he founded Medford, N.J.-based Modern Technologies Group. He subsequently founded Limousine Digest in June 1991 as a way to market MTG’s products. In 1993, Cohen launched the inaugural Limousine Digest Show at the Meadowlands Expo Center in Secaucus, N.J. The Limousine Digest Show moved to Atlantic City in 1996.

For more details, please refer to the links listed below:

Mount Laurel Police Department Press Release

South Jersey Local News Story

PhillyBurbs.com News Story

Moorestown Patch News Story

Courier-Post News Story

– Michael Campos, LCT assistant editor