Man had ongoing sexual relationship with teenage girl, police say

Police responded to a call on Thursday to a home on East 5th Street about a man's inappropriate relationship with a minor, authorities said.

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LAKEWOOD -- A Lakewood man has been charged with having an ongoing sexual relationship with a minor, authorities said.

Cesar Martinez, 26, was charged Thursday with sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child after investigators determined he was having a sexual relationship with a teenage girl over the past two months, said Lakewood Detective Sgt. Gregory Staffordsmith.

Staffordsmith said that police responded to a call on Thursday to a home on East 5^th Street about a man's inappropriate relationship with a minor.

An investigation by Officer Nathaniel Reyes revealed the ongoing relationship, he said.

Bail for Martinez, who was being held in the Ocean County Jail in Toms River, was set at $150,000.

Also assisting in the investigation was the Ocean County Prosecutors Office and the CSI Unit of the Ocean County Sheriff's Department, he said.