Crime & Safety

Teaneck Man Charged With Sexual Abuse of Girl, 14

Man assaulted teen in Cresskill, prosecutors allege

A 23-year-old Teaneck man has been charged with sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in Cresskill, prosecutors said Monday. 

Eduardo Garcia is accused of assaulting the teenage "female acquaintance" within the last two months, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said in a statement. 

Garcia was charged Thursday with sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child after an investigation by Cresskill police and prosecutor's Special Victims Unit, authorities said. 

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He was ordered held at the Bergen County Jail on $100,000 ahead of an April 4 municipal court hearing in Cresskill. 

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