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John.Denuto, 46, of Spotswood pleaded guilty to child endangerment and other offenses on Friday, April 14, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone.
Denuto, a former special education teacher at the Sayreville Middle
School and former wrestling coach at numerous other schools and organizations who exploited his position as both a teacher and a wrestling coach to meet and abuse his victims was initially arrested on February 15, 2020, she said.
A report on his earlier indictment appeared here.
An investigation by the Sayreville Police Department and the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office determined Denuto had criminal sexual contact with a juvenile and he possessed child sexual exploitive materials that he had created by filming and photographing the juvenile.
Further investigation revealed Denuto was in possession of additional sexual exploitive material of unidentified individuals.
Below is a list of schools, organizations, and clubs that the investigation revealed Denuto to be associated with:
- Rhino's Wrestling Club - Morganville
- CJA Wrestling Club - East Brunswick
- Pennsville High School - Pennsville
- Raritan High School - Hazlet Township
- Saint John Vianney - Holmdel
- Sayreville Middle School - Sayreville
- Sayreville High School - Sayreville
- Middletown North High School - Middletown Township
- Monroe High School - Monroe
- Peddie High School - Hightstown
- South Brunswick High School - South Brunswick
- Saint Joseph High School - Montvale
- Union County College - Cranford
- Camden Catholic High School - Cherry Hill
- Johnson High School - Clark
- St. Thomas Aquinas High School (formerly Bishop Ahr HS) - Edison
- Woodbridge High School - Woodbridge
- 7th & 8th Woodbridge Recreation Program - Woodbridge
- 7th & 8th Grade Old Bridge Recreation Program - Old Bridge
- Piscataway High School - Piscataway
- Spotswood High School - Spotswood
- Freehold Boro High School - Freehold Borough
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