NYPD Officer Angad Beharry and Gisianet Christina Chirinos Viloria were arrested and charged on suspicion of sexual exploitation of a 9-year-old girl.
Beharry (46), a resident of Yonkers, NY, was also charged with an additional count of possession of child pornography. The announcement was made by the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Damian Williams; Erin Keegan, Special Agent in Charge of the Department of Homeland Security Investigations (DHI); and New York Police Commissioner Edward A. Cabán.
The complaint charges that in August and September 2022, the two suspects conspired to induce a girl to engage in sexually explicit conduct, taking photographs and videos of her that Chirinos Viloria transmitted police Beharry via WhatsApphe detailed Patch.com.
Also in 2022 members of the Colombia National Police They rescued one one year old baby in Medellin, whose mother apparently took sexually explicit images of him and distributed them through social networks. That woman was arrested and reported to local authorities that had communicated with Beharry via Facebook and said that She was a friend of Chirinos Viloria.
“A New York City police officer is trusted to protect us and stand up for what is right, but now he is accused of victimizing a little girl.”
Damian Williams – United States Attorney for the Southern District of NY
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It appears that Beharry knowingly possessed sexually explicit videos and images of several prepubescent minors. On Thursday he was presented before federal judge Judith C. McCarthy and He was detained without bail.
Chirinos Viloria was also presented that day in the Southern District of Indiana, where she was arrested and held without bail. She was identified as a 23-year-old girl. Venezuelan citizen, resident in the Goshen town of that state. The victim girl is related to her, but the link has not been specified.
“The alleged actions of Angad Beharry and Gisainet Cristina Chirinos Viloria are disproportionate and despicable,” said Prosecutor Williams in a statement. “In addition, Beharry is trusted in this community, as New York City Police Officer, to protect us and stand up for what is right, but now he is accused of victimize a girl to satisfy their own supposedly repulsive desires. We encourage anyone with more information related to this case to contact HSI at 1-866-DHS-2423.”
According to court documents, using the alias “Gad” Beharry asked Chirinos Viloria to take sexually explicit photographs of the nine-year-old girl. The researchers said that The police officer asked the woman the price “for everything” and handed her money.
Beharry and Chirinos Viloria are now charged with sexual exploitation of a minor, which carries a minimum sentence of 15 years in prison and a maximum of 30. Beharry is also charged with one count of possession of child pornography, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years.
Prosecutor Williams said that The investigation is ongoing and anyone who has information about Beharry and Chirinos Viloria, or who has found someone using the WhatsApp name “Gad,” is urged to to contact HSI through its toll-free information line at 1-866-DHS-2423. or write to the email address SexTrafficking_Outreach@hsi.DHS.gov.
In a similar case, last week an elderly man living in Westchester County (NY) was indicted on federal charges of sexual exploitation of minors using the Snapchat application.
He National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) has warned since 2020 about an increase in cases of child pornography by the increased time of adults and children online. Last week The New York City Department of Health declared social media “an environmental toxin” due to its impact on minors.
Also this month police reported that A 10-year-old girl was raped in East Harlem (Manhattan) by a man she met on a social media application. Additionally, NYPD Officer Christopher Terranova has been charged with child abuse and possession of child pornography and faces federal charges that include allegations that he met some of his victims while on the job.
At the end of November, a Hispanic man was sentenced in Westchester (NY) to between 34 years and life in prison for repeatedly sexually assaulting two children, just 5 and 6 years old, and sending explicit photographs to a teenager.
In October a father and his son, both teachers at New Jerseywere arrested and charged on suspicion of viewing, downloading and possessing child pornography. Also that month, a man was arrested on suspicion of having kidnapped an 11-year-old girl in New Jersey and taken her to Delaware, after meeting on the Roblox platform.
In September Kevin Tomafsky, a former aide to Republican Chris Christie when he was governor of New Jersey (2010-2018), was arrested on charges that he paid to engage in a sexual act with a six-year-old girl and possessed thousands of items of pornography. child in the house where he lived with his mother.
In April, Damon Rallis, former vice president of the Southold Town (Long Island) Democratic Committee and former leader of that town’s Boy Scout troop, pleaded guilty to distributing child pornography.
All charges are mere accusations and those charged are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court.
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