Child Sex Charge Gets Deputy Emergency Coordinator Suspended In Bergen County

ELMWOOD PARK, NJ —An Elmwood Park employee accused of sexually assaulting a child has been suspended without pay, officials said.

Nicholas Fedorisin, 63, of Elmwood Park was charged this week with sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child, the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office announced on Thursday.

Fedorisin is the deputy coordinator for the Office of Emergency Management in that town.

Prosecutors said that on Sunday, Elmwood Park police contacted prosecutors regarding an alleged sexual assault.

Investigators determined that Fedorisin had engaged in sexual conduct with a child in Elmwood Park on one or more occasions between 2021 and 2025, prosecutors said.

He was charged with second-degree sexual assault, second-degree endangering the welfare of a child, and third-degree aggravated criminal sexual contact.

Elmwood Park Police Chief Michael Foligno told Patch that Fedorisin has been suspended without pay.

"The matter is being handled by the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office, and criminal charges have been filed," Foligno said. "As a result, he has been suspended without pay from his employment with the Borough. No administrative investigation will be initiated until the criminal matter has been adjudicated."

Foligno said Fedorisin was a part-time deputy OEM coordinator on behalf of the Fire Department "in a very limited capacity."

Fedorisin was taken to the Bergen County Jail to await a first appearance in Bergen County Superior Court in Hackensack, prosecutors said Thursday.