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Colombian National Who Raped Pre-Teen While On Job In Bergen Gets 40 Years, Faces Deportation Colombian National Who Raped Pre-Teen While On Job In Bergen Gets 40 Years, Faces Deportation
Colombian National Who Raped Pre-Teen While On Job In Bergen Gets 40 Years, Faces Deportation A self-employed handyman was sentenced to 40 years in prison for raping a pre-teen while working at a Bergen County home. Jurors this past May convicted Alejandro Velasquez-Martinez, a 48-year-old Colombian national living in Morristown, of sexually assaulting the girl while doing tile repairs in her family’s home in Demarest the morning of August 19, 2019. Velasquez-Martinez was arrested a short time later in Demarest and has remained in the Bergen County Jail since then. His next stop isn’t certain. If he goes to state prison, Velasquez-Martinez will have to serve 34 years before he’ll …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Handyman Convicted Of Raping Bergen Pre-Teen In Her Family's Home Handyman Convicted Of Raping Bergen Pre-Teen In Her Family's Home
Handyman Convicted Of Raping Bergen Pre-Teen In Her Family's Home A self-employed handyman was convicted Friday of raping a pre-teen while working at a Bergen County home. Alejandro Velasquez-Martinez, a 48-year-old Colombian national living in Morristown, sexually assaulted the girl while doing tile repairs in her family’s home in Demarest the morning of August 19, 2019, jurors in Hackensack found. Velasquez-Martinez was arrested in Demarest and then booked into the Bergen County Jail the next day. Superior Court Judge Nina Remson, who presided over the trial, scheduled sentencing for Aug. 4. Velasquez-Martinez faces a minimum of 25 years in state pris…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Handyman From Morristown Charged With Sexually Assaulting Pre-Teen In Demarest Handyman From Morristown Charged With Sexually Assaulting Pre-Teen In Demarest
Handyman From Morristown Charged With Sexually Assaulting Pre-Teen In Demarest Federal immigration authorities placed a detainer on a self-employed handyman living in Morristown who investigators said sexually assaulted a pre-teen while working at a Demarest home. Alejandro Velasquez Martinez, a 44-year-old Colombian national, was arrested in Demarest after police received a report of a sexual assault, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Thursday. Following a detention hearing on Wednesday, a judge ordered that he remain held in the Bergen County Jail on charges of aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault and child endangerment. He will remain there until his…

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by Jerry DeMarco