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Steve R. Shelley, 49, remained held in the Bergen County Jail nearly a week after his arrest on Aug. 24, records show.
Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said members of his Special Victims Unit began investigating after receiving a report from Wood-Ridge police earlier this month about the alleged sexual assault of a child.
They found that Shelley had “assaulted a child who was between the ages of 13 and 16 on multiple occasions in Wood-Ridge,” the prosecutor said.
The alleged assaults occurred on Christmas Day of 2017, records show.
Shelley is charged with aggravated sexual contact and child endangerment through sexual contact.
He has a hearing scheduled for Wednesday, Aug. 31, in Superior Court in Hackensack to determine whether he should be freed pending trial or remain behind bars.
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