FORMER KARATE INSTRUCTOR SENTENCED TO EIGHT YEARS IN
PRISON FOR SEXUALLY ABUSING YOUNG GIRLS
Defendant Assaulted Victims When They Attended Karate Lessons In The Bronx
Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that a former karate instructor has
been sentenced to eight years in prison for sexually abusing two young girls.
District Attorney Clark said, “The defendant took advantage of his position as an instructor and
adult, and sexually assaulted two girls when they attended karate lessons at a center in the Bronx. These
events have been very painful and traumatic to the victims and their families. Hopefully this sentence
brings some justice to the innocent children and their loved ones who still struggle emotionally.”
District Attorney Clark said the defendant, Anthony Gonzalez, 38, of 990 Leggett Avenue,
was sentenced on October 15, 2018 by Administrative Judge Robert E. Torres to eight years in
prison and 10 years post-release supervision. The defendant will also have to register as a sex
offender. Gonzalez pleaded guilty to first-degree Sexual Abuse and second-degree Course of
Sexual Conduct against a Child on September 25, 2018 before Bronx Supreme Court Justice Ralph
Fabrizio.
According to the investigation, on January 17, 2018 at the USA Martial Arts Fitness
Academy at 914 Prospect Avenue, the defendant, who was volunteering as an instructor at the time,
sexually abused a six-year-old girl who was taking classes at the center. Gonzalez took the young
girl to the bathroom, closed the door and touched her genitals. He then told the victim not to tell
anyone. The young girl eventually told her mother what Gonzalez had done to her and the mother
called the police.
During the course of the investigation it was revealed that the defendant also sexually abused
a five-year-old girl multiple times between November 15, 2016 and June 26, 2017 at the school.
That child had not come forward because she was afraid to tell anyone.
District Attorney Clark thanked Detective Julia Watson and Police Officer Gabriel Baaith
of the Bronx Child Abuse Squad as well as the Bronx Child Advocacy Center for their assistance
with the case.
BRONX MAN SENTENCED TO 25 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR
FATALLY STABBING HIS WIFE
Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that a Bronx man has been
sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for the murder of his wife, which he initially blamed on
intruders.
District Attorney Clark said, “This was a brutal attack in which the defendant stabbed his wife
13 times. He told police who responded that two men broke in and attacked his wife and himself, then
admitted he stabbed his wife, in self-defense. The jury rejected his claim and convicted him of second degree
Murder, and now he will spend many years in prison.”
District Attorney Clark said the defendant, Roy Savage, 46, of 215 East 164th Street, was
sentenced today by Bronx Supreme Court Justice Margaret Clancy to 25 years to life in prison. A
jury found the defendant guilty of second-degree Murder on September 21, 2018.
According to the investigation, on May 26, 2016, at 10 p.m. in 215 East 164th Street, the
defendant stabbed his wife, Shellette Walace Savage, 37, 13 times, including four times in the
back. Defendant told responding police officers that took men broke into his apartment and
attacked him and his wife. Savage showed responding officers his injuries, including cuts on his
hand and scratches to his neck. Defendant was taken to the hospital to be treated for his injuries to
his hands. Shellette Savage was pronounced dead on arrival to the hospital. Detectives
immediately investigated his home invasion story; after reviewing surveillance video and
examining the crime scene his story was proven false.
District Attorney Clark thanked Police Officer James
Fleming, formerly of the 44th Precinct and now assigned to the 104th Precinct in Queens, for his
assistance.
