Bergen Man Allegedly Sexually Assaulted 2 Kids For Years

BERGEN COUNTY, NJ — A man has been arrested and charged with sexually assaulting two children, one for three years and another for six, authorities announced.

Marcos Delacruz, 50, of Hackensack was arrested Wednesday after authorities received information that he reportedly sexually assaulted two juveniles in his hometown, said Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal.

Delacruz allegedly had inappropriate sexual contact with a juvenile from 2012 to 2014, when the child was between 6 and 8 years old. The Hackensack Police Department received a report Tuesday alleging the contact occurred, Grewal said.

Delacruz also allegedly had inappropriate sexual contact with a juvenile from 2011 to 2017, when the child was between 5 and 11 years old. Police received a report about that alleged sexual abuse Wednesday, Grewal said.

The prosecutor's office Special Victims Unit and Hackensack police launched a joint investigation Wednesday and arrested Delacruz Wednesday.

Delacruz was charged with first-degree aggravated sexual assault and two counts of second-degree sexual assault by sexual contact and second-degree endangering the welfare of a child. He was scheduled to appear in Bergen County Central Judicial Processing Court Thursday.

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Photo: Marcos Delacruz, 50, of Hackensack/Bergen County Prosecutor's Office