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August

MAN PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO SEX ASSAULT

Francisco Osoria, a 35 year old Passaic man, pleaded not guilty to sexually assaulting a city girl over a seven year period.  He is free on $35,000 bail after being charged with aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault, and child endangerment.  Previously, his bail was $50,000 but it was reduced by state Superior Court Judge Marilyn C. Clark.  He started molesting the girl when she was 10 and began raping her after she turned 15.  The girl, who is now 17, knew him.  She said he raped her about five times

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03

August

TEEN RAPIST FREED AFTER 8 MONTHS

Associated Press

Two 16 year old water-ice vendors were arrested and charged with the rape of an 11 year old girlfollowing a Phillies game at Veterans Stadium in August 2000. They are charged with sexual assaultand related offenses. Their capture followed the arrest of the first 16 year old in connection withthe attack. The girl had been attending the Phillies-Padres game with family members and the boyswere working at Rita’s Water Ice cart inside the stadium. They allegedly met the girl as they soldwater ice on the same concourse level where

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01

August

MAN CHARGED IN RAPE OF GIRL

Ronald Jackson, a 41 South Ozone Park man, was arrested in connection to a five month investigation into the rape of an 11 year old girl.  Police uncovered his whereabouts with the help of office workers who traced his calls using *69.  Police aren’t sure of his identity because he carried multiple forms of identification with different names.  He was living with his girlfriend who is the victim’s aunt, in a two-family Lakeview house.  The girl was raped by the suspect at least six times between December and March.  The

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01

August

STUDY FINDS 1 IN 5 HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS ABUSED BY DATING PARTNERS

Research published in today’s Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that one in five high school girls has been physically or sexually abused by a dating partner, significantly increasing their risk of drug abuse, suicide and other harmful behavior.  The data from the Massachusetts Youth Risk Behavior Surveys doesn’t indicate whether date violence is a cause of teens engaging in unhealthy behaviors or whether already troubled girls are more likely to date violent partners.  The study stems from surveys of 4,163 public school students in Massachusetts, but the authors

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31

July

SECRET SHAME OF OUR SCHOOLS – FIVE STAFFERS YOU DON’T WANT NEAR YOUR KIDS

The Post reported its analysis of 117 cases of sexual abuse substantiated by Schools Special Investigator Edward Stancik’s office over 2 1/2 years.  The Post has chosen five examples out of those cases that highlight the system’s flaw.

1.  On March 19, 2001, Edilberto Correa, a 44-year-old teacher at IS 162 in Brooklyn, was sentenced to a year of probation for third degree sexual abuse charges.  Police caught him tongue-kissing a 15-year-old ex student.  The Board of Education was told by Stancik’s investigators about the conviction, but officials refused to

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31

July

SECRET SHAME OF OUR SCHOOLS – GIRLS NOT GETTING HELP THEY NEED

A Post study found that 15-year-old girls in Brooklyn high schools are statistically most likely to be sexually abused by predators in city schools.  An overwhelming number of female students want the Board of Education to arm them with the information and the support they need to survive.  A perfect example of how helpless girls feel when they encounter sexual abuse in school is when a 15-year-old girl was pregnant and didn’t know whom to turn to.  The father was an adult school employee at a Brooklyn high school, who

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