Authorities said the 36-year-old coach was arrested Wednesday, the same day the alleged crime was reported to police.
BERLIN TOWNSHIP -- A 36-year-old track coach is facing child sexual assault charges, according to authorities.
The Camden County Prosecutor's Office said Jamal W. Balkman, of Oak Avenue in Berlin, was arrested Wednesday, the same day the undisclosed allegations were reported to police.
A spokesman for the prosecutor's office said the victim is a juvenile male, and authorities are investigating whether Balkman, a coach with the Amateur Athletic Union, came into contact with the victim through his coaching duties.
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Balkman was charged with second-degree endangering the welfare of a child and third-degree aggravated criminal sexual contact.
He was held on $250,000 full cash bail or bond with the condition he have no contact with the victim but was not listed as in custody at Camden County Jail Thursday afternoon, per the department's automated phone system.
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