Crime & Safety
Man Sexually Assaulted Child In Bergen County, Prosecutors say
A Palisades Park man sexually assaulted a child last month, charge Bergen County prosecutors.

PALISADES PARK, NJ — A Palisades Park man was arrested Wednesday for a sexual assault of a child in Bergen County last month, prosecutors said.
Emerson D. Perez Garcia, 23, of Palisades Park, was charged with sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child said Bergen County prosecutors.
Prosecutors said that last Monday, the Palisades Park Police Department contacted the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit regarding an alleged sexual assault of a juvenile that had occurred last month in that town.
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After an investigation, he was charged with second-degree sexual assault and third-degree endangering the welfare of a child on Wednesday.
On Thursday, Garcia surrendered at the Palisades Park Police Department. He was taken to the Bergen County Jail to await a first appearance in Bergen County Superior Court in Hackensack.
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