Former Coach Strikes Plea Deal in Child Sex Abuse
Union County Prosecutor will ask for seven-year sentence for man who admitted to tryst with a teen in Parsippany and Hoboken.
The owner of Parsippany's now-closed Ablaze Baseball, who grew up in the Caldwells, pleaded guilty to having a sexual affair with a 14-year-old girl, officials said this week. Robert J. Gervasi Jr., 48, of Bloomfield, a former teacher and coach at Montclair Kimberley Academy and a former Union County teacher, entered his plea Tuesday before a Superior Court judge in Elizabeth. Gervasi pled guilty to one count of second degree sexual assault and two counts of second degree endangering the welfare of a minor. He is a 1982 graduate of James Caldwell High School. Union County Assistant Prosecutor David Hummel said his recommendation is seven years in a prison followed by Parole Supervision for life and that he be barred from public …
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