Crime & Safety
Hopatcong Man Pleads Guilty to Assaulting Corrections Officer, Child Abuse
Andrew A. Laureano, 20, was accused in June of having a sexual relationship with a girl younger than 16.
A Hopatcong man accused of having a sexual relationship with an underage girl and assaulting a corrections officer pleaded guilty last month.
Andrew A. Laureano, 20, pleaded guilty to third-degree aggravated assault and fourth-degree child abuse.
Laureano was arrested in June for having a sexual dating relationship with a girl younger than 16, Hopatcong police said. Laureano, who was 19 when he was arrested, was charged with sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a minor.
While lodged at the Keogh-Dwyer Correctional Facility, Laureano assaulted a corrections officer, the Sussex County Prosecutor's Office said.
Laureano will be sentenced on April 4.
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