Crime & Safety

Essex County School Employee Arrested For Sex Crimes Against Young Child

The Verona resident worked for the Roseland school district in a non-teaching capacity, prosecutors say.

Authorities have arrested an Essex County school employee for allegedly committing multiple sexual acts against a young child.

An Essex County Grand Jury returned a 27-count indictment against David Siclari, 47, of Verona, accusing him of committing multiple sexual acts on various occasions against a child victim.

The indictment alleges the sexual assaults occurred between December of 2008 and August of 2014, in both Essex and Cape May Counties.

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According to prosecutors, Siclari - who worked for the Roseland school district in a non-teaching capacity - is charged with six counts of sexual assault, ten counts of criminal sexual contact, one count of lewdness and 10 counts of Endangering the Welfare a of Child.

Siclari was arrested on July 25, and is currently out of jail on $125,000 bail.

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