Crime & Safety
Long Branch Man Charged With Sexual Assault of Minor
Gonzalo Camacho, 35, arrested and charged by Long Branch police on May 6
A Long Branch resident is facing several charges including aggravated sexual assault, after a teen reported the incident to the Long Branch Police.
Long Branch Police Detective Sgt. Pilone said that a 16-year-old child, whose name and gender are not being released by police, reported to police that he or she had been sexually assaulted at the age of 13.
Pilone, Detective Kim Leavy and Detective Michael Verdadeiro investigated the incident and arrested Gonzalo Camacho, 35, of Long Branch, on May 6 at his home.
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Camacho was charged with aggravated sexual assault, endangering the welfare of a child and criminal restraint. Pilone said the criminal restraint charge stems from the allegation that Camacho forcibly took the child from one room of the house to another to perform sexual acts.
Camacho was taken to Monmouth County Jail and his cash-only bail was set at $210,000 by Superior Court Judge Paul Kapalko.
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