NJ Man Gets 45 Years In Jail For Sexually Assaulting Girl Over 4 Years

CLIFTON, NJ - A Clifton man was sentenced to 45 years in New Jersey state prison this week for sexually assaulting a girl for years in her home, authorities said.

Alfredo Hernandez-Sanchez, 36, was sentenced after being found guilty by a jury of aggravated sexual assault and related offenses in April, Passaic County Camelia M. Valdes said in a statement.

Hernandez-Sanchez will also be subject to a thirty year parole disqualifier, and, upon release from prison, will be subject to parole for life and Megan’s Law registration requirements.

The sentence stems from a June 2018 investigation from the Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit regarding a fifteen-year-old child who reported being sexually abused by Hernandez-Sanchez over the course of four years, Valdes said.

The child told detectives she was sexually abused by Hernandez-Sanchez on multiple occasions between January 2014 and March 2018 at her residence in Clifton. Upon Hernandez-Sanchez’s arrest in connection with the sex abuse, he wrote a letter to the child victim from the Passaic County Jail apologizing to her and asking her to help him by changing the sworn statement she provided to detectives, Valdes said.

On April 7, 2022, a Passaic County petit jury found Hernandez-Sanchez guilty of multiple counts, including aggravated sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual contact, endangering the welfare of a child and witness tampering.