Chess club advisor at Verona high school charged with sexual assault of a student

The school system under superintendent Diane DiGiuseppe

A teacher at Verona High School has been charged with sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child, the Essex County Prosecutor's said on Tuesday.

Matthew Swajkowski, 36, of Verona, was taken into custody on Friday and is accused of engaging "in sexually inappropriate conduct with the juvenile victim."

Swajkowski oversaw the high school's chess club and the prosecutor says the juvenile victim was a student and a member of the club.

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