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ERO New York arrests multiple sex offenders during national operation
NOVEMBER 23, 2022, NEW YORK,
NYENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL
NEW YORK — Deportation officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) New York Field Office apprehended 12 unlawfully present noncitizens convicted of sex offenses during a nationwide enforcement effort Oct. 22 through Nov. 4.
The law enforcement action conducted by ERO resulted in a total of 138 arrests nationally, including some who had already been ordered removed from the United States but failed to depart.
This enforcement operation was implemented to address unlawfully present noncitizens convicted of sex offenses. Cases amenable to federal criminal prosecution may be presented to the appropriate U.S. attorney’s office.
“The emotional damage inflicted by sexual perpetrators on their victims can last a lifetime,” said ERO New York Field Office Acting Field Office Director Kenneth Genalo. “The work of our officers on this operation has prevented future potential victims from such harm. This invaluable contribution to community safety should be specially valued at this time of year when families all over gather to celebrate together.”
The following people were arrested in the New York Field Office area of responsibility:
A 42-year-old citizen of Bolivia in Levittown, NY, convicted by the Nassau County Court of felony rape in the first degree.
A 27-year-old citizen of Honduras in New York, convicted by the New York County Criminal Court of felony sexual abuse in the first degree: contact with victim less than 13/defendant 21 or older.
A 56-year-old citizen of Mexico in Middletown, New York convicted by the Warwick Town Court of misdemeanor stalking in the third degree: cause person to fear injury/sex offense/kidnapping/death.
A 34-year-old citizen of Guatemala in Smithtown, New York convicted by the Suffolk County Court of rape in the third degree: victim did not consent, factor other than incapacity to consent.
A 43-year-old citizen of Haiti in Springfield Gardens, New York convicted by the Queens County Supreme Court of felony possessing sexual performance by a child.
A 39-year-old citizen of Honduras in Newburgh, New York convicted by the Supreme Court of California of felony lewd or lascivious acts with a child less than 14 years old.
A 46-year-old citizen of Mexico in Wyandanch, New York, convicted in the Circuit Court of LaSalle County of felony criminal sexual assault.
A 54-year-old citizen of Uruguay in Brentwood, New York, convicted in the Suffolk County Court of felony course of sexual conduct in the second degree: actor over 17, two or more acts on a child under 13.
A 47-year-old citizen of Canada in Spring Valley, New York, convicted in the Putnam County Court of felony promotion of an obscene sexual performance by child less than 17 years of age.
A 44-year-old citizen of Haiti in Queens Village, New York, convicted in the Queens County Supreme Court of felony rape in the second degree, promoting prostitution in the second degree, and promoting prostitution in the third degree.
A 48-year-old citizen of Guyana in Brooklyn, New York convicted in the Queens County Supreme Court of felony sexual abuse in the first degree: sexual contact with individual less than 11 years old.
A 29-year-old citizen of El Salvador in West Islip, New York, convicted in the Nassau County First District Court of misdemeanor forcible touching, sexual abuse in the third degree and acting in manner that injured a child less than 17 years of age.
ICE officers make enforcement decisions on a case-by-case basis in a professional and responsible manner, informed by their experience as law enforcement officials and in a way that best protects against the greatest threats to the homeland.
Noncitizens placed into removal proceedings receive their legal due process from federal immigration judges in the immigration courts, which are administered by the Executive Office for Immigration Review. EOIR is an agency within the U.S. Department of Justice and is separate from the Department of Homeland Security and ICE. Immigration judges in these courts make decisions based on the merits of each individual case. ICE officers carry out removal decisions made by the federal immigration judges.
In fiscal year 2021, ERO arrested 12,025 individuals with aggravated felony convictions. Offenses associated with noncitizens arrested in FY 2021 included 1,506 homicide related offenses, 3,415 sexual assaults, 19,549 assaults, 2,717 robberies and 1,063 kidnappings.
Well done!!!
Pensylvania man convicted of 13,000 CSA charges
Mike Jones
Nov 22, 2022
Observer-Reporter
A Greene County man already convicted last year of molesting a young girl was found guilty Friday on thousands of counts for sexually abusing a different child over several years.
State police charged him in October 2020 for the ongoing abuse of the girl dating back to 2008.
The jury convicted Perry on all felony charges that include child rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a child, aggravated indecent assault and corruption of a minor, along with misdemeanor counts of indecent assault of a child. It’s not known when Perry will be sentenced, although he’s been incarcerated since 2017 since his arrest.
“The true heroes here are the victims who were brave enough to face the defendant in the courtroom and tell their story to 12 jurors,” Greene County District Attorney David Russo said in a written statement. “They detailed the horrible crimes committed.”
Perry was previously convicted by a different Greene County jury last December in another case involving a different girl he abused on several occasions in 2016 and 2017. President Judge Lou Dayich sentenced him in May to serve 40 to 80 years in prison and ordered him to register as a sex offender with the state police’s Megan’s Law list for the rest of his life.
“It is unimaginable the horrifying things that human beings are capable of. Specifically in this case, where the defendant was raping a child for years,” Russo said.
Perry has been jailed since he was arrested in Morgantown, W.Va., in August 2017, nearly three months after state police filed charges in the original case. It took more than four years for Perry to go to trial after he was originally deemed incompetent to face the charges and was admitted for mental health treatment on three separate occasions at Torrance State Hospital near Blairsville.
His wife, Cheyenna Perry, 40, pleaded guilty in December 2018 to recording videos and taking photographs of a girl engaged in sexual acts, and then sending them to her husband while he was trying to evade capture in the summer of 2017. She was sentenced to serve 3½ to 7 years in state prison and ordered to register for life as a sex offender after she pleaded guilty to all charges in exchange for her cooperation in her husband’s case.
Greene Co., Pa
Lawsuit alleges past child sex abuse at St. John's Northwestern
Military Academy
Alec Johnson
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
A lawsuit has been filed against St. John's Northwestern Military Academy alleging that child sex abuse was allowed to occur and that the school ignored reports of physical and sexual violence on campus.
Romanucci & Blandin filed the lawsuit against the academy, the St. John's Northwestern Military Academy Foundation and Pablo Gonzalez Carvajal, the firm said in an emailed news release Nov. 21. The school is now known as St. John's Northwestern Academies, according to its website.
The allegations date to the 2011-12 school year.
In its news release, Romanucci & Blandin alleges that the Delafield-based school "fostered a "Lord of the Flies” atmosphere among the student cadets, allowing and encouraging a prefect-style model of student self-governance while turning a blind eye to multiple known and reported on-campus incidents of physical and sexual violence between cadets."
The lawsuit, which the firm said was filed Nov. 10 in the federal Eastern District of Wisconsin court, "details the alleged negligent actions of the academy allowing for a then-minor plaintiff ... to suffer repeated abuse by a fellow cadet several years ago despite assurances to (the victim's) parents that the Academy would provide a safe and adequately staffed environment for their son," according to the release.
The complaint alleges violations of Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972, negligence, fraudulent misrepresentation, assault and battery among the nine counts listed, and "hopes to rectify long-held practices of the Academy that have and continue to have severe physical and psychological effects on its cadets," the release said.
“Not only did the school administration repeatedly fail to act as mandatory reporters regarding these conditions, they fostered a climate in which unlawful and unacceptable conduct was encouraged,” said Romanucci & Blandin Partner Martin D. Gould in the release. “The courage of our client to come forward regarding this abuse will help protect the future classes of the Academy by forcing them to have zero tolerance when it comes to the sexual abuse of children.”
Online court records show the plaintiffs, listed in the complaint as John Doe, Father Doe and Mother Doe, are seeking $75 million and a jury trial. All three live in Rhode Island, records show.
In an emailed statement, St. John's Northwestern Academies said it was notified of the lawsuit and made aware of the allegations at the end of the 2011-12 school year through a Delafield Police Department investigation.
"As reported at that time, SJNA fully cooperated with authorities during their investigation. SJNA will respond to the lawsuit through the legal system", the school said in its statement. "St. John’s Northwestern Academies takes all allegations of sexual violence and assault very seriously. Our dedicated faculty and staff have been and will remain steadfast on the safety and well-being of our students and our entire community."
The Journal Sentinel has attempted to contact Carvajal and is awaiting a reply.
Online court records show that Gould and Matthew O'Neill, an attorney representing St. John's Northwestern Military Academy and its foundation, signed a document Nov. 22 agreeing to a two-week extension of the filing deadline to Dec. 16 for the school to file a response to the complaint. Those online court records also show no attorney listed for Carvajal as of the morning of Nov. 23.
Details of the complaint
According to the complaint:
During the 2011-12 school year, Carvajal was provided a master key for the younger cadets' dormitory rooms "either deliberately or by carelessness," and used the key to access other cadets' dormitory rooms, including John Doe's room. It alleges that Carvajal sexually assaulted and abused John Doe on multiple occasions and at night after the school's staff left the dormitories unmonitored.
School staff observed John Doe's changed behavior, such as "running away and hiding under his bed to avoid Carvajal but took no action to address John Doe's changed behavior or its causes," according to the complaint.
The complaint also alleges that the school failed to report Carvajal to the City of Delafield Police Department and that they allowed the misconduct to continue until Carvajal fled the country to Mexico "ahead of a police investigation of sexual assaults on campus."
John Doe also alleges that he has suffered physically, emotionally and psychologically as a result of the alleged conduct by Carvajal and the school.
John Doe also alleges that the effects and constant fear of repeated attacks created a hostile environment that caused his grades and education to suffer, which led him to withdraw from the academy.
Previous lawsuits have been filed against the school
There have been previous instances of the school being the target of lawsuits.
In 2018 in federal court and again in 2019 in Waukesha County Circuit Court, a Florida couple filed a lawsuit against the school claiming their then-12-year-old son was sexually assaulted by an older cadet at a summer camp session at the school in 2012. The federal case was dismissed in January 2019. In May, the Waukesha County Circuit Court case was dismissed, according to online court records.
In 1999, parents in Illinois filed a lawsuit against the school in Cook County Circuit Court, alleging that cadets "were subjected to beatings by other cadets, hazings and verbal assaults," and that gambling and drug use were allowed to occur on school grounds. Online court records appear to show the case worked its way to the federal courts before eventually being dismissed.
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