By The newspaper
Apr 27, 2024, 00:34 AM EDT
Jacob Levy, a social worker at a Long Island (NY) school, was arrested and charged on suspicion of masturbating in front of a woman and her 6-year-old daughter on a public street in the middle of the afternoon, Suffolk County police said.
Levy, a 27-year-old Nesconset resident, was arrested Wednesday afternoon for allegedly touching himself in front of the two victims while “naked from the waist down,” according to local police.
The suspect, who works for the East Meadow School District, was arraigned in First District Court in Central Islip on Thursday and pleaded “not guilty” to the allegations, reported News 12.
The alleged incident happened around 3 pm on Monday. Suffolk Police said Levy was driving a baby blue 2020 Honda Civic westbound on Route 347 when he pulled over to a vehicle at the intersection of Gibbs Pond Road and allegedly began masturbating in front of the driver and her young daughter. she.
The mother “exchanged words” with Levy and then wrote down her license plate number. After the suspect fled the scene in her car, she called police to report the incident.
Levy was charged with first-degree public lewdness and endangering the welfare of a minor, reported DailyNews. All charges are mere accusations and those charged are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court.
In a similar case, this week an undercover operation led to the arrest of a New York City school traffic guard on suspicion of luring a 14-year-old girl into sexual relations in Queens (NYC).
Also this week, a man was sentenced to 75 years in prison after being found guilty of repeatedly sexually abusing his minor stepdaughter on Long Island (NY).
In January, NYPD officer Angad Beharry and Gisianet Christina Chirinos Viloria were arrested and charged on suspicion of sexual exploitation of a 9-year-old girl. Also that month, an older man from Westchester County (NY) was indicted on federal charges of sexual exploitation of minors using the Snapchat app.
In December, a former worker at a state residential facility for teenage girls on Long Island (NY) admitted to raping one of them several times after giving her marijuana edibles.
In October Jeffrey Grossman (65) and his son Steven Grossman (24), both teachers in Tenafly, New Jersey, were arrested and charged on suspicion of viewing, downloading and possessing child pornography.
Additionally, Jacob “Yanky” Daskal, founder of an influential anti-crime group, was sentenced to 17 years in prison after pleading guilty to raping a fifteen-year-old girl placed in his care as a leader of the Brooklyn (NYC) Orthodox Jewish community.
In August, the FBI in New York accused Joshua Schulte of transporting and possessing thousands of images and videos showing rape and sexual abuse of children, convicted in July 2022 for carrying out the most prolific leak in the history of the CIA.
Also that month, a mathematics teacher was sued, fired, and charged with child abuse charges for allegedly filming an 11-year-old Hispanic student with his cell phone in the bathroom of a prestigious Catholic boys school in Manhattan (NYC).
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) has warned since 2020 about an increase in cases of child pornography due to the increased time spent online by adults and children using social networks. If you are a victim or suspect that someone is being abused, especially if it is a minor or elderly:
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- Call 988 or 1.888.NYCWELL (1.888.692.9355).
- Text “WELL” to 65173.
- Review information at https://nycwell.cityofnewyork.us/es/ and www.988lineadevida.org