A teacher who resigned from Wall High School this week has been arrested and accused of having a sexual relationship with a student earlier this year, authorities said.
Julie Rizzitello, 36, of Brick, was taken into custody on Wednesday and charged with two counts of sexual assault, three counts of criminal sexual contact and a single count of witness tampering, the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office said in a news release. Rizzitello had worked for Wall Township Public Schools since 2013, according to public pension records.Authorities allege that Rizzitello engaged in “various sexual acts” with the student multiple times at locations in Brick, Belmar and Wall Township. The alleged abuse began earlier this year, investigators said.
Rizzitello is the second educator in Monmouth County in the past week to face allegations of having a sexual relationship with a student., of Jackson, was arrested and charged with aggravated sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child. The charges stemmed from allegations during her time working at a middle school in the Freehold Borough School District, officials said.
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