Boy Scout Leader Faces Sex Charge ; New Claims Led to Reopening of Ringwood Case

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RINGWOOD - Reviving an old case, police say they have arrested a local Boy Scout troop leader who also is a children's music teacher and church volunteer on charges that he molested a 10-year-old boy.

Gene Giordano, 53, was arrested Wednesday morning and charged with sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child, based on allegations that he fondled the boy in 1999. The attack allegedly occurred in Giordano's Valley Road home.

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Boy Scout Leader Faces Sex Charge ; New Claims Led to Reopening of Ringwood Case

The charges represent the reopening of a six-year-old case, which prosecutors dropped because the alleged victim was too young to test...

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