New York (Washington Insider Magazine) —Edwin Choy Camey was arrested on suspicion of sexually abusing a child for five years on Long Island (NY).
According to Southampton Police, Suffolk County, on October 14, detectives began an investigation into possible sexual abuse of a minor that occurred between the fall of 2014 and April 2019. The child was under 11 years old when the abuse occurred. , according to authorities.
During the course of the investigation it was learned that the alleged prolonged abuse occurred at a residence in Calverton and another in Flanders, police said.
Choy Camey, 38, of Calverton, was arrested and charged with sexual conduct against a minor and endangering the welfare of a minor, Patch.com reported. The possible link between the suspect and the victim is unclear.
All charges are mere accusations and those charged are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court.
In a similar case, yesterday four members of a Hispanic family living in Queens (NYC) were found guilty in Brooklyn of directing a prostitution operation involving minors brought from Mexico that lasted for years and of bribing a police officer. One of the victims is a niece of the group’s leader.
Last week 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 because of her prominent position in the Orthodox Jewish community of Brooklyn (NYC). ).
In June, Jonathan Luna was sentenced to 12 years in prison and 13 more years of post-release supervision for abusing a child who was assigned to his care in New York. Also that month, Michael Olson, a financial executive, was accused of raping a 14-year-old girl inside hotel rooms in NYC and providing her with drugs until she overdosed, prosecutors announced.
In January Arthur Dawson, a pimp described as one of “the most violent traffickers” prosecuted by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office (NYC), was sentenced yesterday to 50 years behind bars for forcing minors into prostitution, some of they recruited via Facebook.
Last month, a Long Island (NY) school band teacher was fired after allegedly sending sexual messages to a YouTuber posing as a 15-year-old girl.
Jesús Concepción, a former music teacher at a charter high school in The Bronx (NYC), admitted to sexually abusing five female students in New York, NJ and Connecticut, one of whom was only 12 years old.
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 by adults and children online.
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