{"id":107158,"date":"2026-01-21T13:30:25","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T13:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/107158\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T13:30:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T13:30:25","slug":"bronx-basketball-coach-accused-of-raping-teen-girl-may-have-more-victims-nypd-says-amnewyork","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/107158\/","title":{"rendered":"Bronx basketball coach accused of raping teen girl may have more victims, NYPD says \u2013 amNewYork"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"576\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1769002225_573_180-26-Rape-48-Pct-12.23.24-photo.jpg\" class=\"crop-top no-crop wp-post-image\" alt=\"Bronx basketball coach accused of raping girl\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   title=\"Bronx basketball coach accused of raping teen girl may have more victims, NYPD says 1\"\/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>34-year-old Jayvone Johnson of Crotona Park East was arrested by the Special Victims Unit on Dec. 21, 2025, on rape charges.<\/p>\n<p>NYPD<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amny.com\/bronx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Bronx<\/a> special victims detectives who arrested a middle school basketball coach last month for allegedly raping a teenage student believe he may have other victims.<\/p>\n<p>Police want to talk to anyone who may have been sexually assaulted by 34-year-old Jayvone Johnson of Crotona Park East, who was arrested by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amny.com\/news\/nypd-new-bronx-special-victims-headquarters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Special Victims Squad<\/a> on Dec. 21, 2025, on rape charges.<\/p>\n<p>Sources familiar with the case said that Johnson served as a gym teacher and girls basketball coach at the Icahn Charter School 2, which is co-located within P.S.\/M.S. 498 at 1640 Bronxdale Ave. in Morris Park.<\/p>\n<p>Law enforcement sources said Johnson allegedly raped a then-14-year-old girl on Dec. 23, 2024 within the confines of the <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/nypd48pct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">48th Precinct<\/a>. He was 33 years old at the time.<\/p>\n<p>The incident was reported to police, and the Bronx Special Victims Squad arrested Johnson almost a year to the day after the incident, Dec. 21, 2025, following a thorough investigation.\n<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, the NYPD released Johnson\u2019s mugshot in the hope that any potential victim may recognize him and come forward.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>In the hours following the authorities\u2019 plea, the LinkedIn account associated with him was deactivated. Before deactivation, Johnson used the phrase \u201cSeize your moment\u201d on his profile and photographs.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who may have been sexually assaulted by Johnson can call the NYPD Sex Crimes hotline at 212-267-RAPE (7273), or the Crime Stoppers hotline at 800-577-TIPS (for Spanish, 888-57-PISTA). You can also submit tips online at <a href=\"https:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">crimestoppers.nypdonline.org<\/a>, or on X (Twitter) <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/nypdtips\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">@NYPDTips.<\/a> All calls and messages are kept confidential.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"34-year-old Jayvone Johnson of Crotona Park East was arrested by the Special Victims Unit on Dec. 21, 2025,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":107159,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[48456,101,128,7426,9,24,63,103,104,3018,129,131,130],"class_list":{"0":"post-107158","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-the-bronx","8":"tag-48-pct","9":"tag-arrest","10":"tag-bronx","11":"tag-cops","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-city","14":"tag-nyc","15":"tag-nypd","16":"tag-police","17":"tag-rape","18":"tag-the-bronx","19":"tag-the-bronx-headlines","20":"tag-the-bronx-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107158\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}