Crime & Safety
Brick Man Molested Preschooler, Police Say
The man was arrested after a four-month investigation, police said.
TOMS RIVER, NJ -- A Brick Township man has been arrested on charges he molested a preschooler, Toms River police said Friday morning.
John L. Leone, 37, of Brick, was arrested Tuesday by Toms River Detective Thomas Grosse and Detective Lindsay Woodfield of the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office after a four-month investigation, police said.
Leone is charged with aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault, and endangering the welfare of a child who is under the age of 5, police said.
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He is being held at the Ocean County Jail, Toms River, in lieu of $300,000 bail, police said.
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