Former Ocean County Dance Teacher Pleads Guilty to Child Endangerment

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Toms River, NJ – Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer announced that Douglas Bollinger, a 57-year-old resident of Neptune City, pleaded guilty Monday to Endangering the Welfare of a Child. The plea was presented before Judge Dina M. Vicari and is linked to events that occurred in 2019.

Bollinger is scheduled to be sentenced on January 10, 2025, where he will face a lifetime of Parole Supervision. He will also be subject to Megan’s Law and Nicole’s Law, which will permanently ban him from contacting his victim. He will also permanently lose his future public employment and teaching certifications in New Jersey.

An investigation by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit revealed that between February and August 2019, while serving as a teacher at the Ocean County Performing Arts Academy, Bollinger engaged in inappropriate sexual intercourse with a student. The incidents occurred in Point Pleasant Beach and Asbury Park.

Bollinger was arrested without incident by the United States Marshal’s Fugitive Task Force on August 15. He was held in the Ocean County Jail but was released pursuant to New Jersey Bail Reform.