A couple has been charged with falsely claiming New Jersey State Troopers committed sexual assault while investigating a domestic dispute in their Hunterdon County home two years ago.

Randal Kelco, 35, and Lisa DeStefano, 45, both of Bloomsbury, were each charged with second-degree false reporting to law enforcement, according to Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin.

Kelco and DeStefano “told staff members at a hospital as well as officers from two separate law enforcement agencies that Kelco had been sexually assaulted by multiple troopers,” Platkin said in a statement Tuesday.

Troopers responded about 4 a.m. on Oct. 23, 2023, to a domestic dispute between Kelco and DeStefano at the Brunswick Avenue residence they shared, according to Platkin.

“The troopers’ body-worn cameras captured

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