The Middlesex County Prosecutor has announced that a 56-year-old man has been charged with Criminal Sexual Contact and Endangering the Welfare of a Child. Authorities say an investigation revealed that Edward White of Tinton Falls, New Jersey had inappropriately touched two students on separate occasions while employed as a carpentry teacher at the Middlesex County Perth Amboy Magnet School.

Edward White surrendered to the Perth Amboy Police Department on December 13, 2023. He is facing two counts of fourth-degree Criminal Sexual Contact and two counts of second-degree Endangering the Welfare of a Child.

White was booked into the Middlesex County Adult Correctional Center. Authorities say the investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Ankudowicz of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit at 732-745-8083 or Detective Nolasco of the Perth Amboy Police Department at 732-324-3879.