Passaic high school coach charged with sex assault

PASSAIC (WABC) -- A New Jersey high school coach is changed with sexually assaulting a student in 2006.

Prosecutors say 38-year-old King Jamol Perry II, a special education teacher and cross country/track coach, assaulted the now 22-year-old woman while he was an assistant coach of the school's track team and she was a promising sprinter.

Perry surrendered to Special Victims Unit detectives at the Passaic County Prosecutor's Office in Totowa, New Jersey.

He is charged with sexual assault, endangering the welfare of a child and official misconduct.

He faces a maximum sentence of ten years in New Jersey State Prison.

Perry was released Thursday afternoon on $100,000 bail.

Anyone with information about this investigation can contact Chief Assistant Prosecutor Joseph A. Del Russo of the Passaic County Prosecutor's Special Victims Unit at 973-837-7626.

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