MAYWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT

TO: ALL NEWS MEDIA

FROM: PROSECUTOR GURBIR S. GREWAL

DATE: OCTOBER 12, 2017

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Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal announced the arrest of PHILLIP CERONE (DOB: 5/20/1990, single; and employed as a teacher’s aide) of 854 Lincoln Avenue, Maywood, New Jersey on charges of Sexual Assault and Endangering the Welfare of a Child. The arrest is the result of a joint investigation conducted by members of the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office under the direction of Chief Robert Anzilotti, and the Maywood Police Department under the direction of Chief David Pegg.

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On Wednesday, October 11, 2017, the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office received information that a juvenile female was sexually assaulted by Phillip CERONE. As a result of the information received, members of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit and Maywood Police Department initiated an investigation.

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As a result of the investigation, Phillip CERONE was arrested on Thursday, October 12, 2017 in Maywood, New Jersey and charged with one count of Sexual Assault, N.J.S.A., 2C:14-2c(3), a 2nd degree crime; one count of Endangering the Welfare of a child, N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4a1, a 2nd degree crime; and one count of Endangering the Welfare of a Child, N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4a, a 3rd degree crime. CERONE is being detained in the Bergen County Jail and is scheduled to appear in Bergen County Central Judicial Processing Court for a first appearance on Friday, October 13, at 1:30 p.m.

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Prosecutor Grewal states that these charges are merely accusations and that the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, and would also like to thank the Maywood Police Department and the South Hackensack Police Department for their assistance in this investigation.