A Wildwood man is accused of sexually assaulting a child younger than 13.
Jose Lopez-Ortiz, 27, was arrested Saturday, a day after an investigation was started by the Cape May County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit and the Wildwood Police Department.
He is charged with first-degree aggravated sexual assault, and second-degree charges of sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child.
Lopez-Ortiz is in the Cape May County Correctional Center.
He could face 25 years to life under in the first-degree charge under the Jessica Lunsford Act, which calls for longer terms in certain cases involving victims younger than 13.
This is an ongoing investigation.
Prosecutor Jeffrey Sutherland urges anyone with additional information to contact his office's Special Victims Unit at 609-465-1135. Information may also be given anonymously through the office's website at cmcpo.tips, the Cape May County Sheriff's Tip Line at cmcsherrif.net and click on anonymous tip, or through the Cape May County Crime Stoppers at 609-889-3597.
