Results tagged “molestation”

40-year-old Jonathan Huff, a Bronx high school dean who was just named Teacher of the Year in 2007, was arrested on charges of sexually abusing and forcibly touching a 14-year-old student. The incident at the all-male school allegedly took place over a weekend on one of the campuses Taft High School in Mount Eden.

As Stuyvesant High School prepares for prom this weekend and the end of the school year to follow, word is that their school librarian has been arrested and charged with sexual abuse. The News reports that 56-year-old Christoper Asch is accused of inappropriate behavior with male students where he "massaged students' shoulders and backs, touched bellies and ran his hand through kids' hair." The Department of Education intends to fire Asch after having him reassigned to the rubber room last fall. According to a report obtained by the Post, "He'd creep the boys out even more by smirking or whispering in their ears to be quiet while he groped them in the library." His lawyer told reporters, "Mr. Christopher Asch categorically denies engaging in any inappropriate conduct with students, and ... intends to vigorously defend the charges."

The rabbi accused of molesting his daughter throughout her adolescence was found guilty yesterday on all counts in Brooklyn federal court. Rabbi Israel Weingarten could face up to fifty years for the case, in which he represented himself and had to be disciplined by the judge for the tone he took while cross-examining the daughter who accused him. Outside the court, the woman, who has now left the Satmar sect, spoke to reporters about what the cross-examination was like saying, "Like being molested again. He thought he still had power over me. I think it was cruel to do that to me." While her mother and brother testified on her behalf—the latter claiming the father brainwashed his children—the victim's six younger siblings supported their father. After the verdict, one said, "My sister? I didn't look at her. She's not even human."

As if taking the stand was not difficult enough for a woman who accuses her father, a rabbi, of molesting her for years, yesterday she had to face him as he cross-examined her at the trial—Rabbi Israel Weingarten is representing himself.

The police have released a sketch of a man suspected of molesting five different boys since last fall in the Gramercy Park area. The victims range in age from 11 to 15 and the most recent incidents were yesterday and Wednesday. MyFoxNY reports, "In each case, he grabbed the boy's buttocks from behind and then ran away. In one case, the man also kissed a boy on the cheek." The incidents took place in the morning or afternoon at 2nd Ave (btwn East 21st & East 22nd), corner of East 21st and 3rd Ave, corner of East 24th and 3rd Ave, on 2nd Ave (btwn East 20th & East 21st) and corner of 2nd Ave and East 22nd. The Daily News notes how there's a public school nearby on East 19th. The suspect is "described as male/Hispanic/20s to 30s, approximately 155 lbs., 5'5" tall.. medium build, with black hair and a light scar on the upper right side of his forehead." If you have information, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or text "TIPS" to CRIMES (274637) and then enter TIP577.