NJ camp counselor sentenced to seven years for sexually assaulting three children
FLEMINGTON – A Pennsylvania man was sentenced Friday to seven years in state prison on three counts of second-degree sexual assault while serving as a counselor at Camp Bernie in the Port Murray section of Lebanon Township.
Joshua F. Daranijo, 24, of Levittown, pleaded guilty Jan. 25 before Superior Court Judge Angela F. Borkowski to three counts of second-degree sexual assault by contact and one count of third-degree endangering the welfare of a child for knowingly possessing items depicting the sexual exploitation of a child, according to Hunterdon County Prosecutor Renée M. Robeson.
Daranijo had openly admitted in court to sexual contact with three children under the age of 13, and to possessing child sexual abuse material, while a counselor at the YMCA camp.
Under the state's No Early Release Act, he must serve 85 percent of the sentence before being eligible for parole. Upon his release, Daranijo will be required to register as a sex offender under Megan's Law and be subject to parole supervision for life.
Daranijo was charged after an investigation by the Hunterdon County Prosecutor’s Office’s Special Victims Unit.
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Borkowski has also sentenced Mattheu Goncalves, 24, of Clinton Township, to six years at the state's Adult Diagnostic & Treatment Center for sex offender treatment on a charge of second-degree possession of child pornography.
Goncalves, who pleaded guilty on Oct. 21, 2022, will be required to register as a sex offender under Megan’s Law and be subject to parole supervision for life.
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