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Two Charged With Sexual Assaults on Juveniles

Two Charged With Sexual Assaults on Juveniles

By Christopher South

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WILDWOOD – City police, working with the Cape May County Prosecutor’s Office, arrested two city men Dec. 24 and charged them with sexually assaulting two juveniles.

Arisandro Estrada-Tapia, 20, and Israel Estrada-Tapia, 18, both of the 400 block of West Baker Avenue, were arrested in the early morning hours of Dec. 24 as the result of a joint investigation by the Prosecutor’s Office’s Special Victims Unit and city police.

No further information was available about the investigation.

Arisandro Estrada-Tapia was charged with two counts of second-degree sexual assault and one count of third-degree endangering the welfare of a child. Israel Estrada-Tapia was charged with one count of first-degree aggravated sexual assault, two counts of second-degree sexual assault and two counts of third-degree endangering the welfare of a child.

Both men were lodged in the Cape May County Correctional Center.

According to the Prosecutor’s Office, a first-degree charge can bring a sentence of 10 to 20 years in state prison upon conviction, second-degree charges five to 10 years in prison, and third-degree charges three to five years in prison.

The Prosecutor’s Office asks anyone with additional information about the investigation to call the Special Victims Unit at 609-465-1135 or anonymously through the prosecutor’s website at cmcpo.tips.

Contact the reporter, Christopher South, at csouth@cmcherald.com or 609-886-8600, ext. 128.

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Christopher South is a reporter for the Cape May County Herald.

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