Child Sex Abuse Plea Deal Struck by Baseball Academy Owner
Union County Prosecuter will ask for 7-year sentence for man who admitted to trysting with a teen in Parsippany and Hoboken.
The owner of Parsippany's now-closed Ablaze Baseball has pled guilty to having a sexual affair with a 14-year-old girl, according to an NJ.com report. Robert J. Gervasi Jr., a 48-year-old Bloomfield resident and former Union County teacher, entered his plea Tuesday before a Superior Court judge in Elizabeth. According to Union County Prosecutor Theodore Romankow, Gervasi faces two counts each of second-degree sexual assault and second-degree endangering the welfare of a minor. In exchange for the guilty plea, Union County Assistant Prosecutor David Hummel agreed to ask for Gervasi to be sentenced to seven years in prison. Judge John Triarsi is scheduled to hand down the sentence March 22. The prosecutor said the plea deal also includes a …
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Neal
7:19 pm on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
although i think this is repulsive what happened. The same week a west orange teacher admitted to having an affair with one of her students. How come she gets 15 years parole while Gervasi gets 7 years prison. Something is not right here. They both should of been subject to the same sentence more ›