For Immediate Release:
June 15, 2023

Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced the arrest of RUBEN SACA (DOB: 1/05/1969; married; laborer) of Hackensack, NJ on charges of aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child. The arrest is the result of an investigation conducted by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office under the direction of Chief Jason Love and the Hackensack Police Department under the direction of Chief Michael Antista.

On March 17, 2023, the Hackensack Police Department contacted the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit regarding the alleged sexual assault of a child. An investigation by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office and the Hackensack Police Department revealed that RUBEN SACA sexually assaulted the child, who was 11 years old at the time, on multiple occasions in Hackensack, NJ.

As a result of the investigation, on Tuesday, June 13, 2023, RUBEN SACA was arrested in Paramus, NJ and charged with first-degree aggravated sexual assault, N.J.S.A. 2C:14-2a(1); second-degree sexual assault, N.J.S.A. 2C:14-2b; and second-degree endangering the welfare of a child, N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4a(1). SACA was remanded to the Bergen County Jail pending his first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack, NJ.

Prosecutor Musella states that the charges are merely accusations and that the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. He would like to thank the Hackensack Police Department for their assistance in this investigation.