By: Tracie Carter
Bergen County officials reported the arrest of Victor M. Morales, 44, of Saddle Brook, on charges of endangering the welfare of a minor and aggravated assault in Saddle Brook.
Prosecutor Mark Musella said on Wednesday, November 26, the New Jersey Division of Child Protection and Permanency contacted the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit regarding the physical abuse of a juvenile.
Prosecutor Mark Musella said an investigation by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office and the
Saddle Brook Police Department revealed that Morales assaulted and injured a minor in Saddle Brook.
As a result of the investigation, Morales was arrested in Hackensack and charged with second-degree endangering the welfare
of a minor.
He was remanded to the Bergen County Jail pending a detention hearing in Bergen County Superior Court in Hackensack, NJ.