Feds Charge Brooklyn Neighborhood Patrol Boss With Teen Sex Crimes
The founder of a private police auxiliary group in New York City was arrested Thursday on charges of child sex abuse.
Jacob “Yanky” Daskal, the president and founder of the Shomrim Society neighborhood patrol group, was charged with transporting a 15-year-old girl across state lines for sex, traveling to meet her for sex in another state, and coercing her into having sex, authorities said Thursday. Daskal pleaded not guilty.
“A man who founded an organization aimed at creating a safer community should know the difference between right and wrong,” FBI Assistant Director-in-Charge William Sweeney, said in a press release.