Crime & Safety
Saddle Brook Woman Charged With Child Abuse
Breaking: Jenny Herrera-Gomez, 29, was arrested after authorities found bruises, marks, and welts on a child's body, authorities said.
SADDLE BROOK, NJ — A borough woman was charged with child abuse after an investigation by the Saddle Brook Police Department and the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office.
Jenny Herrera-Gomez, 29, was arrested Thursday and charged with violation of child abuse, said acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo.
The state Division of Child Protection and Permanency (CPP) was alerted that a child went to school in the borough with "significant bruising on he legs and additional marks and welts" on her body, Calo said.
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CPP investigators went to the school and altered authorities.
Herrera-Gomez is scheduled for a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack May 11.
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Photo: Jenny Herrera-Gomez, 29 (Bergen County Prosecutor's Office)
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