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A Bayonne High School teacher punched a girl while trying to break up a fight on school grounds earlier this year, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Joseph Mingoia, 68, of Bayonne, was arrested March 1 by members of the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit and charged with second-degree endangering the welfare of child and simple assault in the incident that occurred Jan. 22. His first court appearance is tentatively scheduled for March 22. The investigation found that two students were involved in an altercation on school property Jan. 22. After multiple staff mem…

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