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Mark W. England Ippolito was charged with sexual assault upon a teen victim more than four years younger than him and endangering sexual conduct with a minor, records show.
Ippolito, who was graduated from Parsippany High School last year, was arrested on Thursday, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said.
He was taken to the Bergen County Jail and ordered released by a Central Judicial Processing Court judge in Hackensack the next day, the prosecutor said.
New Jersey's statutory rape law prohibits anyone 15 years old or younger from legally consenting to sexual activity.
There's a "close in age" exemption for those 13 to 15 to have sex with a partner who isn't more than four years older.
That's raised to 18 if the older partner is a parent, guardian, sibling, a relative closer than a 4th cousin or someone in a position of authority -- a teacher or boss, for example.
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