{"id":310397,"date":"2026-07-31T02:23:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T02:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/310397\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T02:23:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T02:23:10","slug":"bronx-child-sex-abuse-suspect-stephen-charles-accused-wanted-for-allegedly-abusing-6-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/310397\/","title":{"rendered":"Bronx child sex abuse suspect: Stephen Charles accused wanted for allegedly abusing 6 people"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">BRONX, New York (WABC) &#8212; An urgent search is underway for a man accused of sexually abusing six young people, five of them minors, over an eight-year period.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The NYPD released images on Thursday of the wanted suspect, 42-year-old Stephen Charles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Police say between January 2018, and May of this year, Charles sexually abused six victims across several Bronx neighborhoods, including five males, ages 10, 11, 13, 16 and 18, and one 13-year-old girl.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl vBqtr KrDt itslR zFTjo hakZw HlUVI \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/19604413_073026-wabc-sexabuse-suspect-map-img.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The NYPD is hoping pictures of the suspect will help lead to an arrest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the NYPD&#8217;s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). 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