The guard was accused of having sex with the teen girl on two separate occasions
TRENTON - A former high school security guard accused of sexually assaulting a teen student was given probation and community service Thursday.
Ross Vega-Amador Ross Vega-Amador, 35, who worked as a security guard at Trenton Central High School on Chestnut Avenue, was accused last year of sexually assaulting the 17-year-old student on two separate incidents in 2015.
He pleaded guilty in April to one count of endangering a child and received three years of probation and 40 hours of community service as part of the plea deal Thursday.
The incidents both happened in May of 2015 and did not happen at the school, Mercer County prosecutors have said.
Irving Bradley Jr., who led security for Trenton Schools for U.S. Security said last year that the school district knew about the relationship between the security guard and the student as early as that May. On May 18, 2015, district officials met with Bradley, the girl's mother and the teenager, who denied any kind of relationship with Vega-Amador, Bradley has said.
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Vega-Amador was initially suspended but he was brought back to work when officials found no proof of a relationship. He was officially fired two months later, shortly after he was arrested for sexual assault and endangering a child in June.
Christina Vazquez, an attorney representing Vega-Amador, has said the teenager was in love with the guard and felt rejected, leading her to make up accusations.
Vega-Amador pleaded guilty to the endangering charge under the condition that prosecutors drop the sexual assault charge. He was not issued any jail time Thursday.
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