SAYREVILLE – The same night that a football game between Sayreville High School and South Brunswick High School was canceled, mycentraljersey.com reported that Sayreville's defense coordinator was arrested on steroid charges.

Charles Garcia, a South Plainfield resident, was charged with possession of steroids, testosterone and syringes after he was pulled over in Bridgewater last week, according to the report, which cited a criminal complaint in Superior Court in Somerville.

UPDATE:

Sayreville game not canceled because of assistant football coach's steroid arrest

"The board will be discussing on Tuesday night the status of Mr. Garcia's future employment with the district," Sayreville Board of Education President Kevin Ciak said, according to the mycentraljersey.com report. "Tonight's cancellation has nothing to do with any of our personnel, to the best of our knowledge."

Garcia, 38, declined comment Friday morning.

Sayreville High cancelled the game, but did not explain why. The game, between the two Middlesex County football powerhouses, was scheduled for tonight. The freshman game today and junior varsity game on Monday were also cancelled.



Sayreville assistant football coach Charles Garcia lives in South Plainfield.

"While we understand that this action causes great disappointment for the Sayreville community and that there's going to be a curiosity to want to know more information, at this time we've been advised that it's just not in the best interest of the students or the district to share more information," board vice president Beth DePinto previously said.

“NJSIAA has been notified that the games have been postponed. And at this moment no future action is planned,” said Michael Cherenson, a spokesman for the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association.

According to NJSIAA football regulations, the schools would have until Monday to make up the game.



Vernal Coleman and Braulio Perez of NJ Advance Media contributed to this report.

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