Fox 5 News reporter accused of sexually assaulting 4-year-old girl

[BurtWorm]

As Gawker put it, he was formerly known for shoddy reporting on the Park51 Islamic Center's finances. Now he'll be known for this:



http://www.northjersey.com/news/100710_Fox_5_reporter_Charles_Leaf_held_in_aggravated_sexual_assault.html



Update: Fox 5 reporter Charles Leaf accused of sexually assaulting 4-year-old girl
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Last updated: Friday October 8, 2010, 11:28 AM

BY JUSTO BAUTISTA AND JOSEPH AX

The Record
STAFF WRITER

Award-winning Fox 5 news reporter Charles Leaf was charged with sexually abusing a 4-year-old girl at his Wyckoff home, Bergen County Prosecutor John Molinelli said.

Leaf is being held in the Bergen County Jail on $250,000 bail and will be arraigned on Nov. 4 in Wyckoff Municipal Court.

Leaf, 41, faces charges of aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child. The child is an acquaintance, according to authorities.

Leaf, the married father of two children and an ex-Marine, joined the station in 2006 and is the station’s investigative and general-assignment reporter who has covered national stories, including the Bernard Madoff scandal and the proposed development of a mosque near the World Trade Center site, according to his résumé on myfoxny.com.

A spokesperson for the station said Fox 5 was aware of the situation and was reviewing it.

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[pgodbold]

1. He'll love prison! Best wishes and all!

[cleanhippie]

2. Hold up, your headline is a bit misleading. Its not a Fox News reporter...

Its a local Fox TV station reporter. Not even the same thing at all.

It is still a horrific act and he needs to be severely punished.

[old mark]

3. He does have that look about him, I hope they make him welcome in prison. nt

[Binka]

5. The Angry Pasty White Repressed Look

Yes indeed he does have it. Fucking CREEP.

[Bitwit1234]

7. I am not categorizing him but I bet he has

tea bag tattooed all over himself.

[ScreamingMeemie]

6. A look? He looks just like the husband of a good friend of mine. A nicer

guy you couldn't find. :(

The guy's a creep, but I don't see a "look" about him. That fosters stereotypes.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

8. Bias.

You're looking at the photo through your knowledge that he's a crook.

[movonne]

4. Maybe that should be LBN....as far as I'm concerned all repugs

are morally lacking..

[cleanhippie]

9. How do you know he is a republican?

Don't get me wrong, I am not defending this guy or republicans, but on what do you get the idea that he is a republican?

[movonne]

10. because he works for faux and I don't think they hire dems...

[cleanhippie]

11. You do realize that this is a local TV station

NOT Fox News Channel, right?


Not really the same thing at all.

Now, He just may be a republican, but not everyone who works under a Fox banner at the local level is like what the FNC shows. Here in Seattle, the Fox 13 news team is one of the best, nary a political slant to be found at all, just good old regular news reporting about local news and occasionally a national story, all with no opinion or slant.

Again, I am not defending or condoning this guys actions, please don't get me wrong on that. I just think that broad-brush attacks (which I too am guilty of), regardless of the target, is not a redeeming quality.

[B Calm]

12. If I was a betting man, I'd bet he's a republican. . .

[cleanhippie]

13. And you very well may be right...

but that has nothing to do with the point I am making.