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Morris County Man Sentenced For Raping Boy Over 10 Years: Prosecutor

A 61-year-old Towaco resident was sentenced to 16 years in prison after pleading guilty sexually assaulting a young boy over the course of 10 years, authorities said.

Montville Township Police Department

Montville Township Police Department

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Juan Fernandez performed multiple sexual acts on the boy from when he was six years old until he was 16, Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll, Chief of Detectives Robert McNally, and Montville Township Police Chief Andrew Caggiano said. Authorities said they began investigating Fernandez earlier this moth.

Fernandez pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated sexual assault, authorities said. . The last five years of his sentence will be spent at the Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center, authorities said.

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