Brown-skinned invaders preying on our children

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https://nypost.com/2018/08/25/connecticut-pastor-resigns-rather-than-go-through-treatment/

Connecticut pastor resigns rather than go through treatment
By Eileen AJ Connelly
August 25, 2018 | 9:47pm

Frank Gomez
Helen Neafsey/Hearst Connecticut Media


The pastor of the largest Catholic parish in Bridgeport, Conn., has resigned the priesthood rather than undergo treatment.

The Rev. Frank Gomez had been put on leave from St. Charles Borromeo Church amid accusations that he texted children and gave them gifts without their parents’ knowledge.

While the text messages were not sexual, their frequency landed Gomez in hot water amid revelations of child abuse committed by Catholic priests.

Officials from the Diocese of Bridgeport said he made physical contact that was not sexual but made people “uncomfortable.”

Bishop Frank Caggiano said Gomez was accused of “serious boundary violations” but nothing “illegal or immoral.”

His resignation came four days after Pope Francis said in an unprecedented letter to the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics that the church has not dealt properly with “crimes” against children and must prevent sexual abuses from being “covered up and perpetuated.”

The diocese said Gomez had refused unspecified “treatment and assessment” at a Canadian facility and chose instead to quit being a priest.

Gomez, who had been pastor at St. Charles Borromeo since 2015, did not return an Associated Press e-mail requesting comment.

 

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https://nypost.com/2018/08/29/young-girls-groped-by-pack-of-men-at-water-park-cops/

Young girls groped by pack of men at water park: cops
By Gina Daidone and Natalie Musumeci
August 29, 2018 | 9:36am | Updated

The suspects being escorted out of Splish Splash Water Park on Long Island. Handout


Four young girls were allegedly groped by a pack of men at a popular Long Island water park, authorities said this week.

The group of men “subjected female juveniles to unwanted physical contact” while in the wave pool at the Splish Splash Water Park in Calverton on Aug. 21 around 4:30 p.m., police said.

The victims include two 11-year-olds, one 12-year-old and a 13-year-old, the Riverhead Town Police Department said.

According to cops, the young girls were at the water park for a YMCA trip.

Camp counselors were notified of the incident and several people were escorted out of the facility, police said.

Eight men and a woman who were captured on surveillance footage at the park are now wanted for questioning by police in connection to the incident.

Suffolk County Crime Stoppers is offering a cash reward of up to $5,000 for any information that leads to an arrest in the case.

 

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https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2...el-medina-from-entering-cherokee-high-school/

Police: Faculty Prevent Intruder From Entering Cherokee High School
September 5, 2018 at 2:54 pm

EVESHAM TOWNSHIP, N.J. (CBS) — Staff in Evesham Township are being praised for preventing a suspicious person from entering Cherokee High School to allegedly pick up a student.

The incident happened Tuesday at approximately 2 p.m. when an Evesham Township police school resource officer arrested the man, 29-year-old Fidel Medina Jr., who had been arrested before for trespassing on school property in the past.

Officials say Medina, from Hamilton, N.J., suffers from mental health issues. He arrived at Cherokee High School with the intention of picking up an 18-year-old student who does not attend the school.

Credit: Evesham Township Police.


Immediately, school staff recognized Medina who was trying to get into the school through a locked vestibule. The staff quickly alerted officers who were able to intercept him before he could enter.

During a search of Medina’s car, police found a taser, pepper spray, rope, and other suspicious materials. Investigators found additional items that were seized at his home in Hamilton Township,

Further investigation revealed that there is no connection between Medina or any individual at the high school.

Officials say Medina faces numerous charges and was taken to a mental health facility for an evaluation.

 

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https://nypost.com/2018/10/01/12-year-old-girl-helps-catch-creep-who-assaulted-her-in-the-bronx/

12-year-old girl helps catch creep who assaulted her in the Bronx
By Ben Feuerherd and Tina Moore
October 1, 2018 | 6:10am

Xavier Rodriguez
G.N.Miller/NYPost


A creep stalked, photographed and groped a 12-year-old girl in The Bronx — but was busted when she later saw him on the street and called the cops, police and sources said Sunday.

Xavier Rodriguez allegedly accosted the preteen at West 193rd Street and Jerome Avenue in Fordham Manor at around 5:20 p.m. Wednesday, cops said.

Rodriguez, 24, first followed the girl from behind, snapping photos of her, authorities said.

When the girl realized she was being tailed, Rodriguez grabbed her rear and took off running along Jerome Avenue, according to officials.

Sometime later, the girl spotted her assailant as he walked down the street and called the cops, sources said.

Rodriguez, who lives on nearby West Kingsbridge Road, was arrested at around 5:15 p.m. Sunday on charges of sex abuse and forcible touching, according to authorities.

He was awaiting arraignment in Bronx Criminal Court.

 

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https://nypost.com/2018/10/02/subway-perv-dodges-jail-after-admitting-to-touching-underage-girls/

NYC subway perv dodges jail after admitting to touching underage girls
By Priscilla DeGregory
October 2, 2018 | 10:37pm

A straphanger who admitted to grabbing three underage girls in an Upper West Side subway station has gotten off without any jail time, The Post has learned.

Patricio Penaloza, 35, took a plea deal last December for three March 2017 incidents in which he touched young women in the 66th Street-Lincoln Center subway station, according to the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office.

The groper pleaded guilty to attempted forcible touching and was sentenced on the same day to conditional discharge with the requirements that he join a nine-month program and be entered in the sex-offender registry, the DA’s office said.

He was originally charged with forcible touching, endangering the welfare of a child and sexual abuse, and would have faced up to a year in prison if convicted at trial, court records show.

Nancy Sliwa, of the activist group Guardian Angels Perv Busters, expressed outrage over his slap-on-the-wrist sentence.

“They aren’t giving him any jail time,” she said. “It’s ridiculous because now you’re talking about someone who is grabbing children.”

Penaloza is due back in court on Oct. 26 to determine the sex-offender level at which he will have to register.

 

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https://nypost.com/2018/10/10/creep-arrested-for-allegedly-groping-young-girls-in-queens/

Creep arrested for allegedly groping young girls in Queens
By Joe Tacopino
October 10, 2018 | 8:52pm

Cops arrested a creep on Thursday for allegedly groping two young girls in broad daylight in Queens.

Noe Angel Soriano Cruz, 38, was arrested on two counts of sex abuse for touching a 13-year-old and a 10-year-old in separate incidents this month, according to police.

Soriano Cruz “inappropriately” touched the teenager at about 8:20 a.m. Tuesday near 45th Avenue and Junction Boulevard in Corona before fleeing, cops said.

Last week, Soriano Cruz allegedly groped the 10-year-old’s groin over her clothes in front of a Flushing grocery store.

The suspect was awaiting arraignment at Queens Criminal Court Wednesday night.

 

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https://nypost.com/2018/10/29/11-year-old-girl-sexually-assaulted-in-bronx-playground-bathroom/

11-year-old girl sexually assaulted in Bronx playground bathroom
By Joe Marino
October 29, 2018 | 12:38am

A police sketch of the attacker NYPD


A teenage boy sexually assaulted an 11-year-old girl in the bathroom of a Bronx playground — and police are now looking for the suspect, officials said Sunday.

The attacker — described by the NYPD as a male Hispanic, between 14-16 years of age, 5’4″ tall and 120 lbs. — met the young female victim at Hilton White Park on East 163rd street and Cauldwell Avenue at around 11 a.m. on October 14th.

Upon asking the victim to enter a public bathroom, the pre-teen was sexually assaulted by the teenage suspect, according to cops.

The girl’s attacker fled in an unknown direction, and was last seen wearing a gray hoodie, dark shorts and white sneakers.

The victim reported the incident after returning home. She was transported to Montefiore Medical Center by private means where she was treated for her injuries and released.

 

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https://nypost.com/2018/10/30/teen-wanted-for-sexually-assaulting-11-year-old-leaps-to-his-death/

Teen wanted for sexually assaulting 11-year-old leaps to his death
By Tina Moore
October 30, 2018 | 1:33pm | Updated October 30, 2018 | 1:37pm

A teen wanted by cops for trying to rape an 11-year-old in a Bronx park bathroom jumped to his death from his mother’s building before they could find him, police sources said.

Zedin Agusto, 16, leaped to his death from 645 Westchester Ave. around 4:30 p.m. Monday, as police searched for him , the sources said.

The victim was playing basketball at Hilton White Park on East 163rd Street and Cauldwell Avenue around 11 a.m. Oct. 14 when she met the teen who attacked her. He asked her to enter the public restroom and sexually assaulted her before fleeing, cops said.

The victim reported the incident after returning home. She was taken to Montefiore Medical Center, where she was treated for her injuries and released. Cops released a sketch based on the girl’s description.

The teen, who attended Wings Academy High School, looks just like the sketch, a police source said.

“I guess he was afraid to go to jail,” the source said.

 

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https://nypost.com/2018/11/07/lyft-...ccused-of-masturbating-during-ride-with-teen/

Lyft won’t give cops name of driver accused of masturbating during ride with teen
By Larry Celona, Chris Perez and Danielle Furfaro
November 7, 2018 | 7:12pm

They are giving their drivers a Lyft — above the law.

The ride-share giant refused to give the NYPD the name of a Big Apple hack caught on camera pleasuring himself while a 14-year-old girl sat in his backseat, The Post has learned.

Their obstruction allowed Narinder Jit Singh to remain behind the wheel picking up passengers for two weeks before he was finally identified by cops and arrested, sources said.

“To say I’m not happy with them would be an understatement,” said the girl’s father, whose name is being withheld by The Post to protect his daughter’s identity.

“Where do they get off protecting a criminal rights over a victims?” he said. “It wasn’t like I was asking for the information. The cops were asking for the information.”

Singh, 25, had picked up the man’s daughter in Queens at Bell Boulevard and 41st Avenue on Oct. 12 — at around 7 p.m. — for a short ride she requested on the app.

The teen then noticed him looking at her in the rearview mirror, allegedly while playing with himself. She used her cell phone to take a three-second video, which she later handed over to police.

When police reached out to company reps, though, they wouldn’t play ball — and instead decided to shield Singh for nearly two weeks until cops ID’d him.

“Lyft allowed this person to drive 12 more days while he was named and wanted by police — picking up passengers who could’ve become victims,” said retired cop Joseph Murray, who is the girl’s lawyer. “This is legalized hitchhiking.”

The San Francisco-based rideshare company told cops they wouldn’t give up Singh’s last name without a subpoena. Murray said he knew this would take too much time and red tape, so he reached out to Mark E. Wheeler, prosecuting attorney for the TLC, who then helped him find Singh through a public access database.

“Thank God I picked a lawyer who was an ex-cop and was able to get this information,” the girl’s father said.

Murray hopes Singh’s arrest and Lyft’s handling of the situation will lead to a change in local law.

He sent a letter to the TLC and City Council, requesting a mandate that whenever a driver is wanted for probable cause, the company must give the driver’s name to investigators.

“We live in the age of the ‘Me Too’ movement where there is supposed to be a heightened awareness that women sometimes will not immediately come forward to report inappropriate, disgusting, criminal sexual behavior,” wrote Murray.

“As such, the reporting of crimes like this should not have so many impediments. It should not have taken 12 days to identify and arrest this perpetrator whose identity was being shielded by Lyft. Most importantly, the victim should not be made to feel that the privacy rights of the perpetrator supersede her rights as a crime victim.”

A TLC rep told The Post that Singh’s license has been suspended, pending the outcome of the criminal case. Lyft has also banned the driver and reached out to the NYPD to offer assistance with the investigation.

“The incident described is horrific and deeply concerning,” a Lyft spokeswoman said in a statement. “The TLC has rules requiring FHV bases to respond to requests from law enforcement for drivers’ names and license numbers. Additionally, the TLC requires FHV bases to provide a driver’s TLC license number on all receipts given to passengers. The TLC is reviewing whether either of these rules were violated in this instance.”

The spokeswoman claimed that “safety is Lyft’s top priority and the behavior described has absolutely no place on our platform.” The company has “been in touch with the passenger’s family to extend our support,” she said.

 

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https://abc7ny.com/exclusive-teen-girl-speaks-out-after-lyft-drivers-lewd-act/4649119/

Exclusive: 14-year-old speaks out after Lyft driver's lewd act in Queens

Thursday, November 08, 2018 05:52PM
BAYSIDE, Queens (WABC) --
A teenager is speaking out exclusively to Eyewitness News after she says a Lyft driver performed a lewd act on himself while she was riding in the back seat of his car.

The quick thinking of the 14-year-old from Bayside, Queens, helped catch the suspect. And now, she's telling her story.

"Honestly, I was scared out of my mind, almost in shock, I didn't know what to do," she said. "I didn't know what to say."

The victim, who we are not identifying, was alone in the backseat on her way to a friend's home when she noticed the driver staring at her in the rear-view mirror.

"I heard, like, his belt unbuckle," she said. "And then all of a sudden, I noticed that he was masturbating."

She was so shocked that she took a cell phone video. The girl says the driver said nothing, but he kept looking back at her in the mirror. She said there was no doubt what he was doing.

Narinderjit Singh was arrested a full two weeks later, only after the family's lawyer searched his first name through a public database.

 

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https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2...d-up-girls-skirt-on-tacony-street-police-say/

Man Arrested After Caught On Camera Putting Hand Up Girl’s Skirt On Tacony Street, Police Say
November 29, 2018 at 10:14 am

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Philadelphia Police say they have arrested a man seen on video putting his his hand up a young girl’s skirt in the Tacony section of the city.

Police say 29-year-old Joshua Perierra-Lopez surrendered to police on Wednesday night.

The incident happened around 8 a.m. on Wednesday. In the video, the young girl is walking down Longshore Avenue, when Periera-Lopez is seen parking his car, getting out and walking ahead of her, police say. He then turns on the sidewalk to clearly cross paths with her. As he passes her, that is when he attacks her from the back, putting his hands up her skirt.

(credit: CBS3)


She stood there in shock before attempting to confront him. The video shows him starting to aggressively walk towards her and she runs.

The girl ran to her nearby school and police were contacted.

Periera-Lopez was charged with with indecent assault, terroristic threats, and simple assault.

 

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https://nypost.com/2018/12/04/amber-alert-joanna-coates-14-allegedly-abducted-by-robert-gonzalez-41/

Amber Alert: Joanna Coates, 14, allegedly abducted by Robert Gonzalez, 41
By Stephanie Pagones
December 4, 2018 | 9:04am | Updated

Joanna Coates (left) and Robert Gonzalez
New York State Police


An Amber Alert has been issued for a Rochester, NY, teen who was abducted over the weekend — and might be headed to New York City, according to police and reports.

Rochester police told local media they believe 14-year-old Joanna Coates is in imminent danger.

The teenager was abducted from LaSalle Street around 7 p.m. Saturday, according to RochesterFirst.com. She is described as 5 feet 4 inches tall with blue eyes and purple hair, and was last seen wearing black leggings, a blue Nike shirt and Timberland boots.

Authorities believe she is with Robert Gonzalez, 41, who was last seen heading southeast, possibly to New York City.

Rochester police asked anyone who sees her to call 911.

 

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Rochester, NY WF, 14 Abducted By A Spic, 41

https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2018/12/04/amber-alert-joanna-coats/


New York State Police Issue Amber Alert For 14-Year-Old Girl
December 4, 2018 at 6:10 am

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) – New York State Police have issued an Amber Alert for a 14-year-old girl they say was abducted Saturday in Rochester.

Police said Joanna Coats was believed to be taken by Robert Gonzalez. He was last seen traveling southeast, possibly heading toward New York City.

Coats is a white 14-year-old girl with brown hair and green eyes, approximately 5 feet 4 inches tall and 100 pounds. She was last seen wearing a blue Nike shirt, black leggings and Timberland boots.

Gonzalez is a Hispanic man, approximately 41 years old, with black hair and brown eyes, 6 feet tall and 185 pounds.

 

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https://nypost.com/2018/12/04/roche...d-safe-in-brooklyn-alleged-abductor-arrested/

Rochester teen Joanna Coates found safe in Brooklyn, alleged abductor arrested
By Stephanie Pagones
December 4, 2018 | 8:06pm

Joanna Coates
New York State Police


The Amber Alert issued for a Rochester, NY, teen believed to be headed to New York City was canceled after she was found safe in Brooklyn, officials said Tuesday.

Joanna Coates, 14, was found safely in Brooklyn late Tuesday morning, NYPD’s Chief of Detectives Dermot Shea said.

“The young girl is being checked out at a local hospital,” Shea said. “The ultimate plan is to return her to her family.”

Her abductor, 41-year-old Robert Gonzalez, was arrested, Shea said.

The teenager was abducted from LaSalle Street in Rochester around 7 p.m. Saturday, according to local news site RochesterFirst.com, and was believed to be with Gonzalez at the time.

Investigator tracked the pair to New York City, where police were able to locate them and bring Coates to safety.

Shea credited the work of the NYPD’s Regional Fugitive Task Force — among other tools in the department’s belt — for the rescue.

 

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https://nypost.com/2018/12/15/good-samaritan-saves-young-girl-from-would-be-kidnapper/

‘Good Samaritans’ save young girl from would-be kidnapper
By Kenneth Garger, Larry Celona and Amanda Woods
December 15, 2018 | 2:26pm | Updated

A convicted sex offender snatched an 11-year-old girl off a Queens street early Saturday — and then mocked one of the Good Samaritans who foiled the alleged abduction.

“Who are you, a superhero?” Reylin Estrada spat at the brave bystander who began screaming at him from a window as a bat-wielding Estrada allegedly tried to stuff the panicked child into a car.

“She was screaming, ‘help!’ but it was very faint,” said Alexander Salas, 45, who intervened during the terrifying 7:50 a.m. scene in Ridgewood.

“I looked out, he literally had her sideways, and he was forcing her into his 2002 Honda Civic, he said.

“I yelled out, ‘Who are you? What are you doing? Let her go, let her go!” said Salas.

He asked the girl if she knew the man.

“No! please, help me!” she cried out.

The girl was walking to weekend classes at IS 77, near Centre Street and Seneca Ave, when Estrada, 40, pulled up and tried to lure her inside, cops said.

The child bolted, but Estrada, who police sources say is a registered sex offender, somehow blocked her, authorities said.

Her screams got the attention of Centre Street residents Salas, and Edwin Gonzalez, 59.

“You could see the fear in her face,” Gonzalez said.

Salas ran outside in his underwear and no shoes carrying his own bat, Gonzalez said.

“Don’t worry, don’t move. He’s not going anywhere with you because I’m not going to let him go,” Salas reassured the girl in Spanish.

Gonzalez joined Salas, running outside with a stick.

“She was kicking and fighting,” Gonzalez said.

Estrada held down the helpless girl, swinging his bat back and forth, according to Gonzalez.

“She was fearing for her life,” he said. “We just kept talking to him so he can focus on us and not the little girl so he wouldn’t hit her.”

Estrada snapped at the pair, “You don’t know me. All these kids are illiterate around here. Everybody is cursing at me and making me feel cheap.”

Once cops arrived, Estrada let go of his young victim, Gonzalez said.

“They surrounded him,” he added. “You could see he was trying to get away.”

Estrada, of Flushing, was charged with kidnapping, unlawful imprisonment, reckless endangerment and acting in a manner injurious to a child, police said.

He was also hit with a weapons charge for the bat.

The child was reunited with her family and is doing well, cops said.

“It’s emotional,” Gonzalez said of the whole ordeal. “It was really bad. We just wanted to make sure he didn’t take her.”

 

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https://nypost.com/2019/01/13/lawyer-of-child-rape-victim-sued-for-legal-bungling/

Lawyer of child rape victim sued for legal bungling
By Kathianne Boniello
January 13, 2019 | 5:23am

A child rape victim claims she lost out on a chance to make her abuser pay, because her lawyer mishandled a lawsuit against the creep.

The girl was violated by her uncle, Jairo Franco, from the age of 8 until she was 14 years old — when she found the courage to tell her parents. Franco was arrested and convicted of rape in 2009.

Franco, who was sentenced to up to a year in jail, was later deported to Colombia.

The girl sued Franco in Queens Supreme Court in 2010, but claims attorney (((Lawrence Hyman))) never finalized an initial proposed $200,000 settlement in the case.

Hyman then allegedly failed to keep the victim informed about the legal proceedings and adjourned the case so often it was eventually dropped, the woman claims in a new lawsuit against her former attorney.

In the meantime, Franco sold a Queens property for $795,000. The woman hired a new lawyer and eventually won a $2.1 million judgment against Franco but won’t see a penny of it because of Hyman’s alleged legal bungling.

Hyman denied liability in the case, his lawyer said.

 

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https://nypost.com/2019/02/01/illegal-immigrant-convicted-of-child-sex-abuse-busted-in-texas/

Illegal immigrant convicted of child sex abuse busted in Texas
By Cody Derespina, Fox News
February 1, 2019 | 10:40pm | Updated February 1, 2019 | 11:14pm

Marvin Yovani Mejia Ramos
Pct. 4 Constable's Office, Montgomery County Texas


An illegal immigrant – who’s served at least three stints in US prisons for sexually abusing children — was reportedly arrested during an early morning traffic stop in Texas on Wednesday.

Marvin Yovani Mejia Ramos, 50, had given a fake name but was arrested after the deputy who stopped him on 69 North ran an onsite fingerprint scan that revealed his identity, KHOU.com reported. A Mexican national , Ramos was turned over to the Department of Homeland Security after his arrest.

“Mejia Ramos is a very dangerous convicted criminal that is in our country illegally,” Precinct 4 Constable Kenneth Hayden said in a Facebook post. “Great job by our deputy that located him and is once again bringing him to justice.”

Ramos served eight years in Lancaster, California, for continuous sexual assault of a child. In Los Angeles, he served six years for perjury, six years for sexual assault of a child and two years for lewd acts with a child under the age of 14, Montgomery County Pct. 4 Constables wrote on Facebook.

He had been deported in 2013 and again in 2015 after a DWI arrest, the Houston Chronicle reported.

Ramos was stopped in his Jeep Liberty on Wednesday about 6 a.m. for a traffic violation, officials said.

 

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https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2...r-allegedly-having-sex-with-17-year-old-girl/

New Jersey Sheriff’s Deputy Facing Felony Charges For Allegedly Having Sex With 17-Year-Old Girl
February 5, 2019 at 10:19 pm

Northampton County, Pa. (CBS) – A New Jersey sheriff’s deputy is facing felony charges for allegedly having sex with a 17-year-old girl in Northampton County. Police say 33-year-old Joshua Padilla allegedly contacted the girl online, met her in Lehigh Valley, then recorded the sex acts and uploaded them to the internet.

Prosecutors say Padilla knew she was underage.

Padilla is also accused of trying to solicit sex from an undercover agent posing as a 14-year-old girl.

Padilla was arrested Friday in Monmouth County and is awaiting extradition.

 

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https://nypost.com/2019/02/15/suspect-in-child-groping-back-in-custody-after-escaping-cops/

Suspect in child groping back in custody after escaping cops
By Stephanie Pagones
February 15, 2019 | 8:50am

A man suspected of groping a child escaped from police in Brooklyn — but was back in custody hours later, cops said Friday.

Truman Castillo, 32, escaped from Brooklyn Child Abuse Squad near Bond Street and Atlantic Avenue in Boerum Hill around 11:25 p.m. Thursday night, where he was being interviewed by cops.

Castillo, who was not in handcuffs, was escorted to the precinct telephone, made a call, and then rushed past the officers and out through the front door.

Castillo was back in custody around 7:30 a.m., cops said. Details of his capture were not immediately available.

 

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http://www.kfvs12.com/2019/02/18/man-arrested-rape-charge-incidents/

Man arrested on rape charge for incidents in 2016

Updated February 18 at 4:09 AM

MCCRACKEN COUNTY, KY (KFVS) - Sheriff’s Department officials in McCracken County, Kentucky said a man has been charged with rape after incidents that happened in 2016.

On February 10 the McCracken County Sheriff’s Department began investigation a report of sexual assault.

According to sheriff’s department officials, the investigation showed a 15-year-old female that had been sexually assaulted between March and May of 2016 in McCracken County on three different occasions by Andres Villarrealmercado. He is facing three counts of rape, first-degree.

Officials said Villarrealmercado is in the United States illegally.

On February 15, 2019 Villarrealmercado was located and arrested without incident.