Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that a Bronx man has been indicted for Predatory Sexual Assault Against a Child and related charges for the repeated sexual abuse of his young daughter, which he videorecorded and shared with other individuals on Snapchat.
District Attorney Clark said, “The alleged actions of this father against his little girl are beyond the pale and are the definition of predator. Fortunately, an individual from out of state had the care and concern to report seeing videos of child sexual abuse on social media, and this was relayed to authorities who quickly put an end to the horror inflicted on the victim by someone who should have been her protector.”
District Attorney Clark said the defendant, Derick Colon, 24, of 205 Alexander Avenue, was indicted on two counts of Predatory Sexual Assault Against a Child, two counts of firstdegree Criminal Sexual Act, three counts of first-degree Sexual Abuse, and Endangering the Welfare of a Child, for conduct that occurred on or about and between January 19, 2024, to January 21, 2024.
He was arraigned on April 10, 2024, before Bronx Supreme Court Justice Brenda Rivera and was remanded. He is due back in court on May 7, 2024.
According to the investigation, on January 19, 2024, a report was made by an individual out-of-state that they had received videos on Snapchat which appeared to contain child sexual abuse material and this information was relayed to National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. The Federal Bureau of Investigation conducted an investigation which located the user of the Snapchat account in Bronx County. Members of the FBI and NYPD executed a search warrant at the address where the defendant was found with his four-year-old daughter.
Further searches of the Snapchat account revealed a number of videos showing the defendant touching the child, as well as engaging in anal sexual conduct and oral sexual conduct with her. The defendant has been charged federally with the creation and possession of the child sexual abuse material.
District Attorney Clark thanked the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the NYPD Special Victims Major Case Squad for their assistance.
An indictment is an accusatory instrument and not proof of a defendant’s guilt.
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