FREEHOLD – A Tinton Falls man remains lodged in the Monmouth County Correctional Institution pending a detention hearing concerning multiple sexual assault charges involving children.
Former Long Branch elementary school teacher Gustavo Barrientos, 53, is facing additional sexual assault charges following an investigation by the Long Branch Police Department and Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office.
Barrientos who taught school in the Long Branch School District and the Red Bank Charter School was charged with sexually assaulting multiple elementary school children according to a recent announcement by Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni.
He was initially charged February 14, with sexually assaulting a 10-year-old student. Through the joint investigation of both law enforcement agencies additional charges were made that involved other elementary school children.
Investigators are continuing to seek additional information about Barrientos’s activities. Anyone with information should call Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Bureau Detective Sergeant Shawn Murphy at 800-533-7443 or Long Branch Police Detective Todd Coleman at 732-222-1000.
Those who feel the need to remain anonymous and who have information concerning this case or any other crime can submit a tip to the Monmouth County Crime Stopers by calling 1-800-671-4400, by downloading and using the free P3 Tips mobile app available on IOS and Android p3tips.com/1182, or by visiting monmouthcountycrimestoppers.com.
Assistant Monmouth County Prosecutor Joseph Cummings of the Office’s Special Victims Bureau has been assigned to this case.
The public is reminded that every defendant is presumed innocent, unless and until those charges are found to be guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, following a trial at which the defendants have all of the trial rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution and State law.
