The former principal of a Jewish high school in Brooklyn was convicted on 75 counts of sexual abuse against three boys.
Emanuel Yegutkin, 33, was convicted Monday on all charges of sexual
abuse stemming from his relationship with three boys between 1996 and
2005, including one who was 7 years old at the time.
Yegutkin faces up to 25 years in prison for the top charge of sexual
conduct against a child in the first degree. He will be sentenced on
Dec. 17.
Until his arrest in early 2009, Yegutkin served as the principal of
Elite High School, a private school in the Bensonhurst neighborhood
comprised largely of Russian-American students. Two of the victims were
brothers; none were students at the school.
“This violent sexual predator faces the remainder of his life behind
bars,” Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes said. “This should serve
as a clear message that those who would sexually abuse children in this
county will be punished severely.”
Earlier this year, Hynes came under fire for his handling of prosecuting sex offenders in the haredi Orthodox community.
Prior to his arrest, Yegutkin also worked as a lifeguard at Oorah
summer camp in upstate New York and as a volunteer paramedic for the
Flatbush Hatzoloh ambulance service.
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Tuesday 4 December 2012
Ex-principal of Brooklyn Jewish school convicted on sex abuse
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