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A Passaic man will be eligible for parole once he s served half of a five-year state prison sentence for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old minor in the back seat of his car.
Luis Pizarro, 47, was arrested in November 2019 after city police responded to a tipster’s call of suspicious activity in a local parking lot a month earlier, authorities said.
Detectives interviewed several witnesses, including the victim, who corroborated the report, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said.
Passaic County Assistant Prosecutor Alyssa DiSturco secured a deal rather than have the victim testify at a trial.
As a result, Pizarro pleaded guilty in March to second-degree sexual assault in exchange for a five-year prison sentence with a 2½-year requirement before he s eligible for parole.