{"id":310751,"date":"2026-07-31T14:59:48","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T14:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/310751\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T14:59:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T14:59:48","slug":"bronx-sex-abuse-pattern-cops-seek-suspect-who-molested-children-and-teenagers-reportedly-at-homeless-shelters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/310751\/","title":{"rendered":"Bronx sex abuse pattern: Cops seek suspect who molested children and teenagers, reportedly at homeless shelters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/bronx-sex-abuse-07312026.jpg\" class=\"crop-center wp-post-image\" alt=\"photos of suspect in bronx sex abuse pattern\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   title=\"Bronx sex abuse pattern: Cops seek suspect who molested children and teenagers, reportedly at homeless shelters 1\"\/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Special victims detectives want to talk to Stephen Charles, 42, the prime suspect in a sexual abuse pattern within three different Bronx precincts: the 43rd, 46th and 47th.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Photos courtesy of NYPD<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Police in the <a href=\"https:\/\/amny.com\/bronx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Bronx<\/a> need the public\u2019s help in finding a man wanted in connection with several sex abuse cases dating back to 2018.\n<\/p>\n<p>Special victims detectives want to talk to Stephen Charles, 42, the prime suspect in a sexual abuse pattern within three different Bronx precincts: the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypd43pct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">43rd<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypd46pct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">46th<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypd47pct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">47th<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The cluster of attacks took place between Jan. 1, 2018, and May 5 of this year. Cops say Charles allegedly sexually abused young men between 10 and 18 years of age in incidents reported to police. He is also accused of molesting a 13-year-old girl.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/gothamist.com\/news\/police-searching-for-bronx-man-suspected-of-sexually-abusing-several-children\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Gothamist<\/a>, a number of the abuse incidents occurred at homeless shelters where Charles had previously resided, and met at least three of the victims.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Police sources did not provide any information about whether Charles had a previous arrest history. As of Friday morning, he was still at large.\n<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information regarding his whereabouts can call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (for Spanish, dial 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 (formerly Twitter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypdtips\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">@NYPDTips<\/a>. All calls and messages are kept confidential.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Special victims detectives want to talk to Stephen Charles, 42, the prime suspect in a sexual abuse pattern&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":310752,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,117505,117506,117507,117508,117509,117510,9,24,63,104756,117511,117512,117513,117514,9655,117515,72770,129,131,130,117516],"class_list":["post-310751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-bronx-nypd-investigation","tag-bronx-precincts-43-46-47","tag-crimes-against-minors","tag-criminal-investigation-new-york","tag-gothamist-report-bronx","tag-homeless-shelter-incidents","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-nypd-crime-stoppers","tag-nypd-tips-hotline","tag-pattern-of-abuse-case","tag-public-safety-alert-bronx","tag-sexual-abuse-suspect","tag-special-victims-unit","tag-stephen-charles-wanted","tag-suspect-at-large-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news","tag-youth-victims-investigation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310751","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=310751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310751\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/310752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=310751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=310751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=310751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}