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Teacher Sexually Abuses Underage Student At School On Long Island, Police Say
A teacher at a Long Island school is accused of sexually abusing an underage student.
William Sperl, age 60, of Deer Park, was arrested at the Eastern Suffolk BOCES campus in Bellport on Tuesday, Aug. 29, according to Suffolk County Police.
Investigators said Sperl engaged in a sexual relationship with a female student at the school’s Riverhead campus, where he works as an audio production teacher, in 2020.
The student was a minor at the time of the alleged relationship, police said.
Sperl is charged with four counts of third-degree rape and seven counts of third-degree criminal sex act, …
Long Island Barber Tries Bribing 11-Year-Old For Sex, DA Says
The owner of a Long Island barber shop is accused of trying to sexually abuse the young son of one of his customers.
Hilario Hernandez De La Cruz, age 35, of Riverhead, was indicted for attempted criminal sexual act in Suffolk County Court on Tuesday, July 25.
According to the Suffolk County DA’s office, the 11-year-old victim was at De La Cruz’s Riverhead business, Larry’s Barber Shop, with his father on Monday July 10, when the two men began drinking alcohol.
After several drinks, the boy’s father went to use the bathroom. As he did so, De La Cruz repeatedly offered the boy money to perf…
