Crime & Safety

Jefferson Man Charged With Sexual Assaulting 11-Year-Old Girl

Richard Perry, of the Oak Ridge section of Jefferson, was charged on Sunday.

JEFFERSON, NJ — A 45-year-old Jefferson man was charged with sexually assaulting and endangering the welfare of an 11-year-old girl on Sunday.

Police said Richard Perry, of the Oak Ridge section of Jefferson, touched the breasts and genitals of a child in Jefferson.

Perry was charged with sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child, police said. He was brought to the Morris County Correctional Facility in lieu of a $150,000 bail

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