3Hackensack man charged with multiple child sex assaults in Bergen County

HACKENSACK, NJ — A 46-year-old man from Hackensack was arrested Friday after investigators say he repeatedly sexually assaulted a child over several months across two cities in Bergen County.

Jorge E. Mejia was taken into custody following a joint investigation sparked by a report received Thursday by the Garfield Police Department. Officials say the assaults began in July and took place in both Hackensack and Garfield, with the most recent incident reported just hours before his arrest.

The Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit, working alongside police in Garfield and Hackensack, charged Mejia with four counts of second-degree sexual assault and one count of third-degree endangering the welfare

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