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Township Man Charged With Aggravated Sexual Assault Of Child

July 8, 2016 Crime News

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Efren Merino-Hernandez. Photo: Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office.

A township man remains lodged in Somerset County Jail after he was arrested for allegedly molesting a child for two years.

Efren Merino-Hernandez, 23, was arrested at the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office in Somerville, where he voluntarily reported after being located by police in Edison, according to a release from the prosecutor’s office.

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