The youth football coach accused of sexually assaulting four child has been indicted.
Dawayne Avent, 36, of Fords. (Submitted Photo)NEW BRUNSWICK -- A former youth football coach has been indicted on charges he sexually assaulted four children multiple times over the course of more than a decade, according to the county prosecutor's office.
Dawayne Avent, 36, of Fords, has been charged with aggravated sexual assault, aggravated sexual contact, endangering the welfare of a child and related charges, according to the indictment.
Avent allegedly sexually assaulted the children between July 2005 and July 2016, the indictment said.
One of the alleged incidents cited in the indictment occurred when one of the children was less than 13 years old.
Avent, who remains held in the Middlesex County Adult Correctional Facility, was charged last year by the Woodbridge Police Department.
He had been listed last year as the first vice president of the Fords Youth Association, which is part of the New Jersey American Youth Football. His name has since been removed.
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