Police in New Jersey have arrested a 33-year-old chain restaurant manager who they've alleged provided alcohol, Adderall and marijuana vape cartridges to at least 10 minors he's accused of grooming between 2020 and 2024. Detectives working for the Plumstead Township Police first started looking into Richard "Ricky" Brooks on April 1, after receiving a tip about him someone shared with Pennsylvania's ChildLine, according to a press release from the police department. The tipster allegedly said Brooks was actively grooming a minor employee he managed working at the Saladworks location in town. As they investigated the claims, police wound up interviewing 10 minor victims who all alleged Brooks had sexually abused them after plying them with alcohol, medical marijuana vape cartridges, cigarettes, and Adderall pills shared from his own personal prescription, police alleged. The children were between the ages of 15 and 17 at the time of the alleged crimes. Brooks, police further contend, apparently groped and groomed some of the alleged victims - largely from neighboring state Pennsylvania - while managing a Wendy's Restaurant in Doylestown, where he also had an apartment. At least one of the male victims told police Brooks abused them by fondling their genitals while both were hanging out at his Doylestown home. New Jersey Police Arrest 12 Child Predators as Part of 'Operation Bad Santa' An arrest warrant was issued for Brooks on December 11. Brooks was arrested and arraigned on Wednesday, December 24. He has been formally charged with 20 counts of corruption of minors, indecent assault without consent, indecent assault person under 16, and selling or furnishing alcohol to a minor. He is also facing 16 counts of manufacture, delivery, or possession of drugs with the intent to manufacture or deliver and 13 counts of marijuana possession. Neither Brooks nor an attorney representing him entered pleas to the counts, according to online records reviewed by Us Weekly. Those same records fail to indicate if Brooks has retained legal representation. Magisterial District Judge Stacy Wertman decided to set Brooks' bail at $100,000 - an amount he has, until this point, been unable to post. So, Brooks remains in police custody in Pennsylvania. Brooks' next court hearing is scheduled for January 12, 2026. Fourth-Grade Teacher Arrested After Sexually Assaulting Girl, 9, in NJ If convicted, Brooks faces at least 100 years behind bars, according to state law. Us Weekly made calls to several numbers listed for Brooks but was unable to get any of his relatives to talk about the allegations. Similarly, representatives for Saladworks and Wendy's did not respond to requests for comment. The National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System has estimated that 7 out of every 1,000 children will be the victim of abuse. In 2023 alone, it is believed there were 546,159 victims of child abuse, and that 2,000 of them died as a direct result of that abuse. In 2022, those numbers were 558,899 and 2,050, respectively. If you suspect child abuse, please call the Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline at 1-800-4-A-Child or 1-800-422-4453, or visit ChildHelp.org. All calls are toll-free and confidential, and the hotline is available 24/7 in more than 170 languages.