Crime & Safety
Paramus Investigation Leads To Sexual Assault, Child Endangerment Charges For Paterson Man: Prosecutor
Barrington C. Hibbert, 36, was being held on $250,000 bail, authorities said.
PARAMUS, N.J. — A Paterson man has been charged with aggravated assault and endangering the welfare of a child after an investigation in Paramus, authorities announced Wednesday.
The Paramus Police Department received a report last Thursday that Barrington C. Hibbert, 36, had touched a girl inappropriately, said Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal in a news release.
Hibbert was arrested the next day after Paramus police and detectives from the prosecutor's Special Victims Unit conducted an investigation, Grewal said.
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Hibbert was taken to the Bergen County Jail where he was held in lieu of $250,000 bail. He was ordered to have no contact with the girl or her family if released on bail.
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Photo: Barrington C. Hibbert, 36 — Bergen County Prosecutor's Office
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