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FREEHOLD - A borough man admitted in court on Thursday that he sexually assaulted a 12-year-old girl that authorities say he encountered outside a 7-Eleven after she had run away from home.
Elias Juarez Hernandez, 45, pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree aggravated sexual assault at a hearing before state Superior Court Judge Marc C. LeMieux, according to a news release from Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni.
Juarez Hernandez approached the girl, who had run away from her home in Marlboro, outside the 7-Eleven in Freehold in the early hours of Aug. 10 and offered her a ride, according to the news release.
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