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Officer Is Accused of Molesting Boy

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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A New York police sergeant assigned to the Police Academy has been charged with sexually abusing a boy over a period of five years, prosecutors said on Friday.

The sergeant, Jaime Katz, 38, is charged with committing a criminal sexual act and endangering the welfare of a child. He was arrested on Thursday and arraigned in Manhattan Criminal Court, where he was ordered jailed in $500,000 bail.

A spokeswoman for the Manhattan district attorney’s office, Jennifer Kushner, said the abuse began in 2002, when the boy was 12, and took place weekly until November 2007. The abuse occurred in locations including Sergeant Katz’s home in Rockland County, his car, the victim’s home in Manhattan, and the sergeant’s sister’s house in New Jersey, Ms. Kushner said, as well as during family vacations.

Sergeant Katz, a 10-year police veteran, met the boy through another sergeant who had been involved in a mentoring program, she said.

His lawyer, Andrew Quinn, did not return a call for comment. His next court appearance is set for Wednesday.

2008 May 17