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By: News 12 Staff

A registered sex offender accused of possessing child porn was in court Friday.

Prosecutors say Keith Schoelermann, 29, had hundreds of lewd photos and videos of children.

Schoelermann was having a routine check when the evidence was found, according to police.

Prosecutors in court said he had a Samsung Galaxy smartphone, which was not registered to him, where they found hundreds of pornographic images of children.

Police also obtained a search warrant for his home on Grove Road in Mastic Beach following the discovery.

Schoelermann faces a mandatory seven-year imprisonment if convicted

By: News 12 Staff

A Queens man is under arrest after being accused of raping a 13-year-old girl he met on Snapchat.

Police officials say 30-year-old Andrew Ramsaroop met the teen at Smith Haven Mall back on May 13.

Detectives say Ramsaroop tried to get the teen and her friend into his car, but they refused.

Later in the day, police say Ramsaroop met the teen at a Hauppauge park and raped her. The park is part of the Renaissance Hills apartment complex.

The victim told a school official about the incident, who then called

By: News 12 Staff

Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the Adult Survivors Act into law Tuesday.

The law opens a one-year look back window, suspending the statute of limitations for survivors who were sexually abused as an adult.

The state Assembly passed the ASA Monday, following a unanimous vote in the Senate last month.

Another law, the Child’s Victim Act, opened a look back window from 2019 to 2021 for people who were sexually abused as children

By: News 12 Staff

Police say a 19-year-old has been arrested and is accused of sexually assaulting an 11-year-old for more than a year.

Kelvin Mayen-Vasquez, of Quiogue, was arrested last week and arraigned on several child sex abuse charges, as well as endangering the welfare of a child.

Detectives say Mayen-Vasquez had repeated intercourse with the girl from March of 2021 through May of 2022.

Southampton Town Police tell News 12 they are concerned there may be other victims.

Anyone with information or who thinks they were a victim should call 631-702-2330.

A Kingsburg man arrested last year for sex crimes with kids has admitted to the charges against him.

Brandon Howard walked out of the Fresno County courthouse with his freedom Wednesday, a sickening sight for the mother of a teenager.

“My child ended up in the hospital because this person had sexually assaulted him,” the mother of one victim told Action News.

We’re not identifying her or her son because he’s a victim of a sex crime.

They say Howard used his position at a retail store to coerce underage teens into sexual activity.

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By Joshua Rhett Miller

A Florida middle school teacher is facing charges for allegedly coercing a former student to have sex with him in a classroom closet, authorities said. Daniel Heath Norment, 41, who taught at Independence Middle School in Jupiter for six years, was arrested Tuesday for the alleged illegal sex act with a 16-year-old former student two years ago, WPEC reported. Norment’s accuser went to authorities in March — detailing a light-colored couch inside his classroom’s oversize closet where she claims he led her “by the hand” prior to