Edison Teacher Had Sexual Relationship With Underage Boy: Prosecutor

EDISON, NJ — A middle school teacher from Edison who was accused of possessing child porn, also sexually assaulted a male middle school student in 2013, according to authorities.

Back in August this year, authorities arrested and charged Julius Coaccioli, 55, from his home in Woodbridge with third-degree possession of child pornography.

During the investigation, authorities reviewed the voluminous amount of data contained on the devices and discovered that Coaccioli, a science teacher at Woodrow Wilson Middle School, had a sexual relationship with one of his juvenile male middle school students in 2013.

Coaccioli was arrested at the Middlesex County Courthouse and charged with first-degree manufacturing child pornography, first-degree kidnapping, 2nd degree endangering the welfare of a child, second-degree possession of child pornography, 3rd degree aggravated criminal sexual contact, and fourth-degree stalking.

Coaccioli is presently lodged at the Middlesex County Adult Correctional Center pending the results of a pre-trial detention hearing in Superior Court, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Director Robert Hubner of the Woodbridge Police Department said.

The investigation is active and continuing. Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Kenneth McGarry of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office at 732-745-3140.

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