A 28-year-old Wildwood man has been arrested and charged with the sexual assault of a minor, authorities said.
Cape May County Prosecutor Jeffrey H. Sutherland and Wildwood Police Chief Joseph Murphy said Kenneth Ricardo Medina-Machado, of the 100 block of Schellenger Avenue, was arrested following a joint investigation that began June 16.
An arrest warrant was subsequently issued, and on June 23 Medina-Machado voluntarily surrendered to the Wildwood Police Department.
He was charged with one count of sexual assault, a crime of the second degree, and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child, both in the second degree. He is being held at the Cape May County
Correctional Center pending further court proceedings.
A person convicted of a second-degree crime typically faces a prison term of five to 10 years and is subject to the provisions of the No Early Release Act.
Sutherland urged anyone with additional information about this case to contact the Special Victims Unit at 609-465-1135, submit an anonymous tip through the Prosecutor’s Office website at cmcpo.tips or use the Cape May County Sheriff’s Tip Line at cmcsheriff.net (click on “anonymous tip”).
