Overview

• Julie Rizzitello, 37, admitted two counts of second-degree sexual assault in a plea entered last week, according to the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office.
• The plea deal dismisses additional charges, including three counts of criminal sexual contact and a witness-tampering count, authorities said.
• Investigators say the assaults involved two students in separate periods — 2017–2018 and April–June 2024 — with encounters in Brick, Belmar and Wall and corroborating texts and photos.
• Police allege she told a student to delete nude images before her July 3, 2024 arrest after a district employee reported concerns, and she resigned days earlier.
• At sentencing, prosecutors will seek lifetime parole supervision and a bar on holding public office in addition to the recommended 10-year term and sex-offender registration.