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Former NJ Skating Rink Owner's Child Sex Assault Conviction Thrown Out: Report

Jon J. Carlo will go to trial again on child sexual assault charges after an NJ appeals court overturned his sentence, a report said.

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In 2019, a jury found Jon J. Carlo​​​ guilty of showing pornographic material to a child at Franklin Skating Center, which he owned; sexually assaulting a child under 13; and making a sexually explicit video of a child, the NJ.com report said.
In 2019, a jury found Jon J. Carlo​​​ guilty of showing pornographic material to a child at Franklin Skating Center, which he owned; sexually assaulting a child under 13; and making a sexually explicit video of a child, the NJ.com report said. (David Giuliani/Patch)

GLOUCESTER COUNTY, NJ — A former roller skating rink owner will go to trial again on child sexual assault charges after an appeals court overturned his sentence, a report said.

In 2019, a jury found Jon J. Carlo guilty of showing pornographic material to a child at Franklin Skating Center, which he owned; sexually assaulting a child under 13; and making a sexually explicit video of a child, the NJ.com report said.

An appeals panel found that the judge in Carlo's case "incorrectly allowed the investigating detective to offer opinion testimony, rather than first-hand testimony during the trial," the report said.

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The appeal was filed in September of 2019, court records show.

Carlo surrendered at the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office in 2015.

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