He said his client had a borderline range of intelligence, and was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and anger management issues. The DPP said the many offences were committed over a span of 1½ years and were not isolated incidents.ĭefence lawyer Marshall Lim asked the court for a sentence of not more than 39 months. Two other men, who are believed to be also related to the man, were seen with reddened eyes as the court proceedings went on.ĭeputy Public Prosecutor Eugene Teh urged the court to jail the man for 45 months. He appeared via video in court on Monday, and was seen covering his face with his hand as details of his offences were read out in court.Ī woman believed to be related to him was also seen crying in the public gallery. It was not revealed in court how the man's offences had come to light. The boys had agreed to the sex acts, but one of them had later cut off communication with the man.
The court heard that the man became friends with the victims through other mutual friends and they shared common interests such as fishing, e-biking and cycling. Two of the victims were aged 12 at the time, and the third was 13 years old.Ī fourth victim was not involved in any sex acts with the man, but had received an obscene photograph from him. These included other charges of sexual penetration, sexual exploitation of a child and sending obscene images to a child.įrom mid-2018 to end-2019, the man, who was a part-time deliveryman, had performed sex acts with three victims at various locations more than 20 times, including staircase landings and a public toilet. The 21-year-old, who cannot be named as he was friends with the victims, pleaded guilty on Monday (June 28) to four charges of sexual penetration of a minor under the age of 16.Īnother 28 charges were taken into consideration. His furious mom said she ended up being the one who called police from the 32nd Precinct after her emotional meeting with Bazan and Blackwood.Įducation Department regulations say police must be notified if a criminal incident on campus poses an "immediate safety emergency.A man with borderline intelligence was jailed for 42 months for performing sex acts on young boys. The boy, now 9, got a safety transfer to another school about three weeks after the assault. It is also the consequence if a student engages in "physical sexual aggression/compelling or forcing another to engage in sexual activity." (Richard Harbus for New York Daily News)Ī superintendent's suspension, when a student is booted from school for more than six days, is recommended when students partake in an "act of coercion or threatening violence, injury or harm to others."
‘I don’t know how to explain this to you, but your son was in the bathroom and was forced to perform oral sex on three boys,’ his mother recalled Bazan telling her when she arrived at the school. The boy’s teacher alerted a guidance counselor and principal Josephine Bazan (pictured), who called the boy’s mother. Koppelson was removed to a school administrator rotation pool.Īfter the attack on the boy, the two third-graders received a five-day suspension, and the ringleader - who has since left the school - received a 10-day suspension, the lawsuit says. The attack on the boy happened just a month after Koppelson had been reassigned in January 2012 and replaced by Bazan, a 23-year department veteran. "(The incidents) were never placed in the system at all." "She said, 'He's just a kid,'" the girl's mom told the News in March. The lawsuit says the principal at the time, Charyn Koppelson, did nothing to punish the young perpetrator, or at least discourage his lewd behavior - and allowed him to continue attending the school as if nothing had happened. EXCLUSIVE: 9-YEAR-OLD'S SEX ABUSE DURING CLASS, LUNCH WENT UNPUNISHEDĭuring the 2009-2010 school year, he was accused of touching a third-grade girl under her skirt during a reading class, according to a lawsuit filed last week by the girl's mother.