{"id":310406,"date":"2026-07-31T02:55:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T02:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/310406\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T02:55:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T02:55:11","slug":"police-appeal-for-help-locating-man-sought-in-sex-abuse-pattern-of-kids-teens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/310406\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Appeal for Help Locating Man Sought in Sex Abuse Pattern of Kids &#038; Teens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nBy S\u00cdLE MOLONEY<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/RMA-1926-26-Bronx-Sexual-Abuse-Pattern-Photo-4.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-135978\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/RMA-1926-26-Bronx-Sexual-Abuse-Pattern-Photo-4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"488\" height=\"792\"  \/><\/a>THE NYPD IS asking for the public\u2019s help locating the person seen in this photo who they said is wanted in connection with a sexual abuse pattern identified across certain areas of The Bronx.\u00a0<br \/>Photo courtesy of the NYPD<\/p>\n<p>The NYPD is asking for the public\u2019s help identifying the person seen in the attached photos who they said is wanted in connection with a sexual abuse pattern identified across certain areas of The Bronx.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/RMA-1926-26-Bronx-Sexual-Abuse-Pattern-Photo-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-135979\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/RMA-1926-26-Bronx-Sexual-Abuse-Pattern-Photo-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"785\"  \/><\/a>THE NYPD IS asking for the public\u2019s help locating the person seen in this photo who they said is wanted in connection with a sexual abuse pattern identified across certain areas of The Bronx.\u00a0<br \/>Photo courtesy of the NYPD<\/p>\n<p>Police said that from Jan. 1, 2018 through May 5, 2026, a 10-year-old male, an 11-year-old male, a 13-year-old male, a 13-year-old female, a 16-year-old male, and an 18-year-old male victims were sexually abused by the person listed in the attached photos. The NYPD is requesting help from the public locating the man.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/RMA-1926-26-Bronx-Sexual-Abuse-Pattern-Photo-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-135980\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/RMA-1926-26-Bronx-Sexual-Abuse-Pattern-Photo-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"775\" height=\"808\"  \/><\/a>THE NYPD IS asking for the public\u2019s help locating the person seen in this photo who they said is wanted in connection with a sexual abuse pattern identified across certain areas of The Bronx.\u00a0<br \/>Photo courtesy of the NYPD<\/p>\n<p>They identified the person as Stephen Charles, a 42-year-old man.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Charles is presumed innocent unless and until convicted in a court of law.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/RMA-1926-26-Bronx-Sexual-Abuse-Pattern-Photo-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-135981\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/RMA-1926-26-Bronx-Sexual-Abuse-Pattern-Photo-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"946\" height=\"801\"  \/><\/a>THE NYPD IS asking for the public\u2019s help locating the person seen in this photo who they said is wanted in connection with a sexual abuse pattern identified across certain areas of The Bronx.\u00a0<br \/>Photo courtesy of the NYPD<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the NYPD\u2019s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at <a style=\"font-size: 16px;\" href=\"https:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1785537471298000&amp;usg=AOvVaw26CDVkpC5x0hgHQ_u8KrBB\">https:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org\/<\/a>, on X @NYPDTips.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>All calls are strictly confidential.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; By S\u00cdLE MOLONEY THE NYPD IS asking for the public\u2019s help locating the person&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":310407,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-310406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310406","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=310406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310406\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/310407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=310406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=310406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=310406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}