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New Jersey Sex Crime Against Minor Charges Man

By Lependorf & Silverstein

Police in Rutherford, New Jersey, arrested 40-year-old Cesar Pajares on suspicion of fondling a teenage girl over a three-year period, the Bergen County Record reports. The girl, now 16, apparently told police in February that Pajares fondled her in a Rutherford home while she was between the ages of 13 and 16. Pajares, who is married and works as an optician, was arrested and charged with two counts of aggravated sexual assault in New Jersey, one count of aggravated criminal sexual contact and one count of endangering the welfare of a child. Sex crime charges, especially when it relates to young children or minors, can have extremely serious consequences. A person who is accused of a sex crime in New Jersey ? be it lewd conduct, rape, sex abuse or assault ? is facing grave consequences including a lengthy prison term, loss of job, social life and the requirement to register for the rest of his or her lifetime as a sex offender...continue to full post

Full post as published by New Jersey Criminal Defense Blog on March 16, 2009 (boomark / email).