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By LINDSAY TUCHMAN
10/02/2024

Gov. Kathy Hochul on Wednesday announced the state is investing millions to improve its public safety response to domestic violence.

The state is providing a record $35 million to better address the needs of victims and survivors of intimate partner abuse.

“If you are in the category of someone who abuses an intimate partner or a former partner or anybody, we’re coming after you,” Hochul said. “We’ve had enough.”

The funding will be divided, with $5 million to be shared amongst the District Attorney’s offices across the five boroughs.

Twenty-three million will

Daily Voice Nassau County
by Michael Mashburn
October 2, 2024

A Long Island man formally confessed to sexually abusing a 3-year-old child and then sharing video of the act online.

Dakota Rose, age 25, of East Northport, pleaded guilty to use of a child in a sexual performance and related charges in Suffolk County Court on Monday, Sept. 30.

It came months after the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) contacted Suffolk County Police in February 2024 saying an East Northport resident had shared a video of child sexual abuse on social media.

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Police today Arrested a Registered Sex Offender for Possession of Child Pornography

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BY LONG ISLAND PUBLISHED: MAY 19 2022

Suffolk County Police today arrested a registered sex offender for possession of child pornography.

During a routine check of Keith Schoelermann, a Level 2 Sex Offender, by Suffolk County Probation officers, an unregistered cellphone was located which contained child pornography. Probation officers and Suffolk County Police Computer Crimes Unit detectives, along with Seventh Precinct Community Support Unit officers, subsequently executed a search warrant at Schoelermann’s home.

Schoelermann, 29, of 62 Grove Road West, Mastic Beach, was charged

Mason Wallace, Marine recruiter accused of grooming, raping LI HS student, was former sexual assault advocate

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Richard Pollina

April 28, 2023 6:31am

New York Post

A married US Marine Corps recruiter who counseled sexual assault victims is charged with grooming and raping a 16-year-old Long Island girl — admitting to her, “I’m a dirty old man and you love it,” according to the victim.

Staff Sgt. Mason H. Wallace, 28, was charged with third-degree rape after allegedly manipulating the teen’s interest in the military to spark the depraved relationship.

“I would look back at my messages with

Long Island man admits raping a 6-year-old girl and trying to silence her with pocket change

ALBERTO LUPERON Apr 13th, 2023, 3:43 pm

Law and Crime: A Dan Abrams Production

Jose Romero raped a 6-year-old girl and paid her pocket change to keep it a secret from her parents, prosecutors said. (Mugshot: Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office)

A New York man pleaded guilty on Thursday to raping a 6-year-old girl and giving her pocket change in an attempt to keep her quiet about the abuse. Jose Romero, 34, is scheduled to be sentenced on May 12.

“This

28-year-old man, a registered sex offender, had sex with teen he met on Snapchat, police say

JOYCE HANZ   | Tuesday, April 18, 2023 6:22 a.m.

A registered sex offender is behind bars after Allegheny County Police said he used a popular social media app to interact with a 13-year-old girl, according to Tribune-Review news partner WPXI-TV.

A criminal complaint filed in the case said Jerrell Carson, 28, posed as a 15-year-old on Snapchat and began communicating with the teen. The interactions led to a sexual relationship, police said.

Carson admitted to police that he visited the