MARYLAND
ABC 7
[with video]
By Kevin Lewis May 11, 2015
ROCKVILLE, Md. (WJLA) – A distinguished Montgomery County private school is on edge after police arrested a longtime employee on charges of child sex abuse.
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Julio Cruz, 58, of Rockville, is accused of inappropriately touching, and in one case, having sexual intercourse with his niece, then just 10-years-old.
According to charging documents filed in Montgomery County District Court, Cruz molested the girl, now 20, on four separate occasions during the summer and fall of 2005. The alleged incidents occurred inside of his home and car. …
ABC 7 News has learned Cruz worked as a maintenance technician at the Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School in Rockville since 2001. He was assigned to the Lower School located along the 1900 block of Jefferson Street in Rockville. Although the alleged abuse took place off-campus, school leaders are taking the criminal case very seriously.
In a letter home to parents, Head of School, Rabbi Mitchel Malkus wrote, “Given the nature of the charges, we felt it was important to make you aware of the situation and the actions the school has taken… [We] immediately suspended Mr. Cruz. He has not been on campus since his arrest and he is no longer permitted on campus.”
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