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Ex-Martial Arts School Owner Gets 8 Years For Molesting Morris County Girl, 3rd Case In 5 Years
Jerry DeMarco
03/22/2020 11:09 a.m.
Morris County Courthouse
Morris County Courthouse Photo Credit: morriscountynj.gov
The onetime owner of a defunct martial arts school must spend more than 6½ years in prison before he'll be eligible for parole for molesting an 11-year-old girl in Morris County, the third such case that he’d been involved in over a five-year span.
Jurors in Morristown last December found Richard Perry, 49, guilty of touching the girl on her breasts and vagina during an October 2016 sleepover at his home in the Oak Ridge section of Jefferson Township.
The girl immediately told her aunt, who called police, prosecutors said.
Two months after his October 2016 arrest, Perry was charged with previously fondling a 13-year-old girl in Belleville. Perry pleaded guilty to criminal sexual conduct in Superior Court in Newark and was sentenced to 364 days in jail and four years probation, records show.
Five years earlier, Perry was accused of sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl. Charges were downgraded as part of a plea deal that resulted in a fine, records show.
Superior Court Judge David H. Ironson this time sentenced Perry to eight years for sexual assault and four years for child endangerment, with both terms running at the same time.
The Jamaican-born Perry, who is not a U.S. citizen, will have to serve 85% of his sentence under the No Early Release Act and must register under Megan’s Law. He is to remain under parole supervision for life – although he most likely will be deported following his release from prison.
Perry, who previously owned Master Perry's World Class Martial Arts on Union Avenue in Belleville, also cannot have any contact with the victim or her family, under the terms of his sentences.
He remained held in the Morris County Correctional Facility pending assignment to a state facility.
Morris County Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp thanked Jefferson Township police and his own Sex Crimes/Child Endangerment Unit for their work in the Oak Ridge case, which was handled by Assistant Prosecutors Reema Sethi Kareer and Jessica Sparano assisted by Detectives Michael Bost and Melissa Enslen and Victim Advocate Amanda Holloway of his office.
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Ex-Martial Arts School Owner Gets 8 Years For Molesting Morris County Girl, 3rd Case In 5 Years
Jerry DeMarco
03/22/2020 11:09 a.m.
Morris County Courthouse
Morris County Courthouse Photo Credit: morriscountynj.gov
The onetime owner of a defunct martial arts school must spend more than 6½ years in prison before he'll be eligible for parole for molesting an 11-year-old girl in Morris County, the third such case that he’d been involved in over a five-year span.
Jurors in Morristown last December found Richard Perry, 49, guilty of touching the girl on her breasts and vagina during an October 2016 sleepover at his home in the Oak Ridge section of Jefferson Township.
The girl immediately told her aunt, who called police, prosecutors said.
Two months after his October 2016 arrest, Perry was charged with previously fondling a 13-year-old girl in Belleville. Perry pleaded guilty to criminal sexual conduct in Superior Court in Newark and was sentenced to 364 days in jail and four years probation, records show.
Five years earlier, Perry was accused of sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl. Charges were downgraded as part of a plea deal that resulted in a fine, records show.
Superior Court Judge David H. Ironson this time sentenced Perry to eight years for sexual assault and four years for child endangerment, with both terms running at the same time.
The Jamaican-born Perry, who is not a U.S. citizen, will have to serve 85% of his sentence under the No Early Release Act and must register under Megan’s Law. He is to remain under parole supervision for life – although he most likely will be deported following his release from prison.
Perry, who previously owned Master Perry's World Class Martial Arts on Union Avenue in Belleville, also cannot have any contact with the victim or her family, under the terms of his sentences.
He remained held in the Morris County Correctional Facility pending assignment to a state facility.
Morris County Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp thanked Jefferson Township police and his own Sex Crimes/Child Endangerment Unit for their work in the Oak Ridge case, which was handled by Assistant Prosecutors Reema Sethi Kareer and Jessica Sparano assisted by Detectives Michael Bost and Melissa Enslen and Victim Advocate Amanda Holloway of his office.
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Ex-martial arts school owner from Oak Ridge mulls sex charge plea
Peggy Wright, @PeggyWrightDR
Published 1:35 p.m. ET Feb. 15, 2017 | Updated 8:47 a.m. ET Feb. 16, 2017
MORRISTOWN - The owner of a Belleville-based martial arts school that has closed down since his arrest in October is prepared to admit on March 7 to inappropriate contact with an 11-year-old girl after he consults with an immigration attorney.
Richard Perry, 45, of the Oak Ridge section of Jefferson Township, was in Superior Court, Morristown, on Wednesday to fill out paperwork for a plea to endangering the welfare of a child but at defense attorney Sean O'Connor's request, Judge Thomas Critchley postponed the anticipated plea until March 7.
Born in Jamaica, Perry is not a U.S. citizen and wants to consult with an immigration attorney so he understands the consequences of a guilty plea and that he could be deported. Adult relatives of the 11-year-old girl were in court and are expected to return on March 7.
Perry was the owner of Master Perry's World Class Martial Arts on Union Avenue in Belleville. Its website listed the business as "permanently closed."
Perry was charged in October with sexually assaulting the child in Jefferson on Oct. 2 by allegedly touching her breasts and genitals. He has been held since his arrest in the Morris County jail on $150,000 bail.
Though he owned the business, Perry told a judge at a bail hearing upon his arrest that he had no resources. He afterwards was assigned counsel through the state Public Defender's Office.
Morris County Assistant Prosecutor Justin Tellone has extended a plea offer to Perry that would include registration with police in his hometown as a convicted sex offender under Megan's Law. Perry is negotiating a plea agreement - but has not yet admitted guilt - to a third-degree charge of child endangerment that carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison upon conviction. The exact plea recommendation was not stated in court Wednesday.
Staff Writer Peggy Wright: 973-267-1142; [email protected].
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Ex-martial arts school owner from Oak Ridge mulls sex charge plea
Peggy Wright, @PeggyWrightDR
Published 1:35 p.m. ET Feb. 15, 2017 | Updated 8:47 a.m. ET Feb. 16, 2017
MORRISTOWN - The owner of a Belleville-based martial arts school that has closed down since his arrest in October is prepared to admit on March 7 to inappropriate contact with an 11-year-old girl after he consults with an immigration attorney.
Richard Perry, 45, of the Oak Ridge section of Jefferson Township, was in Superior Court, Morristown, on Wednesday to fill out paperwork for a plea to endangering the welfare of a child but at defense attorney Sean O'Connor's request, Judge Thomas Critchley postponed the anticipated plea until March 7.
Born in Jamaica, Perry is not a U.S. citizen and wants to consult with an immigration attorney so he understands the consequences of a guilty plea and that he could be deported. Adult relatives of the 11-year-old girl were in court and are expected to return on March 7.
Perry was the owner of Master Perry's World Class Martial Arts on Union Avenue in Belleville. Its website listed the business as "permanently closed."
Perry was charged in October with sexually assaulting the child in Jefferson on Oct. 2 by allegedly touching her breasts and genitals. He has been held since his arrest in the Morris County jail on $150,000 bail.
Though he owned the business, Perry told a judge at a bail hearing upon his arrest that he had no resources. He afterwards was assigned counsel through the state Public Defender's Office.
Morris County Assistant Prosecutor Justin Tellone has extended a plea offer to Perry that would include registration with police in his hometown as a convicted sex offender under Megan's Law. Perry is negotiating a plea agreement - but has not yet admitted guilt - to a third-degree charge of child endangerment that carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison upon conviction. The exact plea recommendation was not stated in court Wednesday.
Staff Writer Peggy Wright: 973-267-1142; [email protected].
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