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BRONX PEDOPHILE BUSTED WITH SECRET SEX STUDIO HAD “PATTERN OF CONDUCT”
October 2, 2019
Emily Saul, Craig McCarthy
NY POST
A Bronx man who was busted with a secret sex studio in his apartment was reported to cops more than a decade ago — but he was never arrested, according to prosecutors.
Michael Barreto, 31, stood in Manhattan federal court Wednesday afternoon facing charges on multiple sex crimes involving a runaway teen.
Prosecutor Kedar Bhatia said Barreto’s “pattern of conduct” of sexually abusing minors started years ago when an alleged victim’s parents reported a lewd encounter to police in 2008.
And, at the same time, Barreto was making illicit