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For Immediate Release:
January 18, 2024

Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced the arrest of KEWIN SEPULVEDA (DOB: 06/17/1994; single; massage therapist) of 398 Sussex Street, Paterson, NJ on a charge of sexual assault. The arrest was the result of an investigation conducted by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office under the direction of Chief Jason Love and the Franklin Lakes Police Department under the direction of Chief Mark McCombs.

On Saturday, January 13, 2024, the Franklin Lakes Police Department received information that KEWIN SEPULVEDA engaged in sexual activity with an individual while giving a massage at the Hand and Stone Spa in Franklin Lakes, NJ on the previous day. An investigation was initiated by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit and the Franklin Lakes Police Department.

As a result of the investigation, on Thursday, January 18, 2024, KEWIN SEPULVEDA was arrested in Paramus, NJ and charged with second-degree sexual assault, N.J.S.A. 2C:14-2c(1). SEPULVEDA was remanded to the Bergen County Jail pending his first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack, NJ.

Prosecutor Musella states that the charge is merely an accusation and that the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. He would like to thank the Franklin Lakes Police Department for its assistance in this investigation.