Bergen Teen Had Sexual Contact With Minor: Prosecutor

A Bergen County teenager was charged with sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child, acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo announced.

Luis Tzoy-Deleon, 19, of Fairview was arrested Thursday after an investigation by authorities, Calo said in a news release.

The New Jersey Division of Child Protection and Permanency received information that Tzoy-Deleon engaged in sexual conduct with a child younger than 13 in Fairview, Calo said.

The Bergen County Prosecutor's Office Special Victims Unit and the Fairview Police Department investigated and arrested Tzoy-Deleon Thursday, Calo said.

Tzoy-Deleon was detained at the Bergen County Jail pending a first appearance in Bergen County Central Judicial Processing Court Friday.

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