{"id":312145,"date":"2026-08-02T23:42:47","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T23:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/312145\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T23:42:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T23:42:47","slug":"sicko-nabbed-for-raping-multiple-children-he-met-at-nyc-shelters-sources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/312145\/","title":{"rendered":"Sicko nabbed for raping multiple children he met at NYC shelters: sources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A serial sicko allegedly raped several children over an eight-year period after meeting them at Bronx shelters, police and sources said Sunday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Charles, 42, was caught on Friday and hit with a slew of charges, including six counts of rape and five counts of predatory sexual assault for sexually abusing five children and an adult from January 1, 2018 through May 5, 2026, according to the NYPD.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.95915842;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"40161454\" width=\"566\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/stephen-charles-sicko-nabbed-raping-136302318.jpg\" alt=\"photo of suspect\" class=\"wp-image-40161454\"  \/>Stephen Charles allegedly sexually assaulted multiple kids over an eight year period. DCPI<\/p>\n<p>Charles allegedly preyed on the victims at Bronx shelters before sexually assaulting them in homes across the Bronx\u2019s Morris Heights, Baychester, and Soundview sections.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The underage victims were mostly boys aged 10, 11, 13 and 16. The creep also sexually assaulted a 13-year-old girl and 18-year-old man, according to cops.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One of them was a relative of Charles\u2019, sources told The Post. Victims recently reported the abuse to cops, sources said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.18102372;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"40161451\" width=\"697\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/stephen-charles-sicko-nabbed-raping-136302317.jpg\" alt=\"Stephen Charles\" class=\"wp-image-40161451\"  \/>Stephen Charles was caught a day after police asked the public\u2019s help in tracking him down.  DCPI<\/p>\n<p>The creep was caught by the NYPD a day after cops asked the public\u2019s help to track him down.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Charles was awaiting arraignment in Bronx Criminal Court as of Sunday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A serial sicko allegedly raped several children over an eight-year period after meeting them at Bronx shelters, police&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":312146,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,57,9,24,63,103,11853,129,131,130,58],"class_list":["post-312145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-nypd","tag-sex-crimes","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312145","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=312145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312145\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/312146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}