State v. Michael Sumulikoski / State v. Artur Sopel (072957)

This case involves the prosecution of a permanent substitute teacher and a school administrator who chaperoned a group of high school students on an overseas class trip. Defendants allegedly sexually assaulted three 17-year-old female students during the trip, and the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office indicted defendants for multiple counts of sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child.

All of the acts of misconduct allegedly occurred in Germany. Neither the indictment nor the record suggests that defendants planned or committed acts of sexual assault or endangering in New Jersey.…