Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone announced today that Tory James, 23, of Plainfield, NJ, has been charged in connection with Endangering the Welfare of a Child in Plainfield, NJ. James is a current substitute teacher at the Queen City Academy Charter School and a mentor at the Queen City Mentoring Academy, a “Day Camp” for young women and men of Plainfield, NJ.

On August 15, 2025, James was arrested without incident and charged with second-degree Endangering the Welfare of a Child and third-degree Promoting Obscene Material to a child under the age of 18.

This is an active and ongoing investigation. Anyone with additional information is asked to call the following members of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office Detective Francin Cifuentes-Nieves at 732-296-1116 or Sergeant Linda Infusino at 732- 745-4340.

As with all criminal defendants, the charges against Tory James are merely accusations and he is presumed innocent until proven guilty.