N. Bergen Man Sexually Assaulted Teen Girl, Authorities Say

A North Bergen man was arrested last week after he sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl who had come to the area from Washington, D.C., the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office said Monday.

Carlos Gonzalez
Photo Credit: *Hudson County Prosecutor's Office*

Paul Milo

06/17/2019 4:31 p.m.

North Bergen police were sent to the Fountain Motel on Paterson Plank Road around 11:45 p.m. Wednesday on a report of a sexual assault. The prosecutor's Special Victims Unit was also notified.

Carlos Gonzalez, 46, was arrested the next day and charged with sexual assault, endangering the welfare of a child and criminal sexual contact.

The prosecutor's office has asked the court for permission to hold Gonzalez before trial. He is scheduled to appear in court Wednesday.

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