Freeport Man Charged With Sexually Assaulting 12-Year-Old Girl

Freeport NY

17 June, 2021

2:12 PM

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JERSEY CITY, NJ — A Freeport man was arrested and charged with luring and sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl. Cecilio Viera-Viera, 21, met the girl on social media, according to the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office. Viera-Viera met the girl on June 4 in Jersey City. He's accused of luring the girl into his car and sexually assaulting her, according to the HCPO. He faces charges of aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault by contact, luring and enticing and endangering the welfare of a child. Viera-Viera was arrested in his Freeport home Wednesday. Anyone wishing to report a sex crime should call the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office Special Victims Unit at 201-915-1234.