AFTER BEING CONVICTED A 35 YEAR OLD CLIFTON MAN WILL MOST LIKELY SPEND THE REST OF HIS LIFE IN PRISON
" Alfredo Hernandez-Sanchez Has Been Convicted On Multiple Counts Of Sexual Assault On A Child Under The Age Of 12 During The Course Of Several Years."
April 11, 2022 5:41 A.M. ET By Art Fletcher Reporting For: Englebrook Independent News,
PATERSON, NJ.- On Friday, April 8, 2022 Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes announced that Alfredo Hernandez-Sanchez, 35, of Clifton, New Jersey, was found Guilty after a Jury Trial in Passaic County Superior Court of One Count of First Degree Aggravated Sexual Assault; Six Counts of Second Degree Sexual Assault; One Count of Third Degree Aggravated Criminal Sexual Contact; One Count of Second Degree Endangering the Welfare of a Child; and One Count of Third Degree Witness Tampering.
On June 7, 2018, The Clifton Police Department forwarded an investigation to The Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit regarding a Fifteen-Year-Old Child who reported being Sexually Abused by Mr. Hernandez-Sanchez for a number of years. Prosecutor’s Office Detectives interviewed multiple witnesses, including the child victim.
The child reported being Sexually Abused by Mr. Hernandez-Sanchez on multiple occasions between January 2014 and March 2018 at her residence in Clifton, New Jersey. After Prosecutor’s Office Detectives arrested Mr. Hernandez-Sanchez for Sexually Abusing the child victim, Hernandez-Sanchez wrote a letter to the child victim from The Passaic County Jail apologizing to her and asking her to help him by changing the sworn statement she initially provided to Prosecutor’s Office Detectives.
On April 7, 2022, a Passaic County Jury Convicted Mr. Hernandez-Sanchez on Multiple Counts of Passaic County Indictment Number 20-02-00091-I. Sentencing is scheduled for July 15, 2022, at 9:00 AM, in Superior Court.
The sentencing exposure on First Degree Aggravated Sexual Assault where the victim is under the Age of Thirteen, is Twenty Five Years to Life in New Jersey State Prison, subject to a Twenty Five Year Parole Disqualifier, pursuant to the Jessica Lunsford Act; on Second Degree Sexual Assault, is Five to Ten Years in New Jersey State Prison with 85% of the term to be served before parole eligibility pursuant to the No Early Release Act; on Third Degree Aggravated Criminal Sexual Contact, it is Three to Five Years in New Jersey State Prison; on Second Degree Endangering the Welfare of a Child, it is Five to Ten Years in New Jersey State Prison; and on Third Degree Tampering with a Witness, it is Three to Five Years in New Jersey State Prison.
If Granted Parole, Mr. Hernandez-Sanchez will be subject to the Special Sentence of Parole Supervision for Life and Megan’s Law Registration Requirements. Mr. Hernandez-Sanchez is presently detained at the Passaic County Jail.
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