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One of New York's Finest Arrested for Illegal Sexual Activity with Minors

Trent Young, 39, a New York City police officer, has been arrested for transporting two minors from New York to New Jersey for purposes of illegal sexual activity.

January 13, 2008

MIDDLETOWN NY NEWS -- Nothing is more disheartening for one's moral sense of civic duty than hearing of the betrayal of a law enforcement official. Unfortunately, the following adaptation depicts such a betrayal. In addition, any persons with possibly relevant information about this case should contact the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Goshen, New York at (845) 615-1700.

Trent Young, 39, a New York City police officer, has been arrested in connection with his transportation of two minors from New York to New Jersey for purposes of illegal sexual activity.

According to a Complaint filed January 7, 2008, in White Plains federal court, Trent Young transported two minors on separate occasions from Middletown, New York to his martial arts studio in West Milford, New Jersey, and engaged in sexual intercourse with the minors there. According to the Complaint, these victims, who are now 15 years old and 17 years old respectively and were 14and 15 respectively when the abuse began, were both martial arts students of Young's.

As set forth in the Complaint in 2005 when Victim 1 received a "green belt," Young required Victim 1 to sign a document stating that Victim 1 would be obedient. That day, Young stated that he was going to test Victim 1's obedience and told Victim 1 to take off her clothes. While undressed, Young touched Victim 1's breasts. From in or about August 2006 through in or about October 2007, asset forth in the Complaint, Young engaged in other sexual activities with Victim 1, including sexual intercourse. The sexual intercourse occurred in Middletown, New York and in West Milford, New Jersey at Young's martial arts' studio called "Iron Tiger."

In the Spring of 2007, Trent Young requested that another martial arts student (Victim 2) remove her clothes. Victim 2 refused.

Furthermore, as reflected in the Complaint, after Young's arrest on December 27, 2007, by the Middletown Police Department, a third victim (Victim 3) came forward and reported sexual abuse by Young in 2005 and 2006. Victim 3 began taking martial arts lessons from Young in Middletown, New York in or about March 2005. Several months later, Young began to engage in sexual activities with Victim 3,including sexual intercourse. Then, on another occasion during the Summer of 2006, Young drove Victim 3 from Middletown, New York, to Young's martial arts studio in West Milford, New Jersey, to engage in sexual intercourse with Victim 3.

Young was presented before U.S. Magistrate Judge George A.Yanthis in White Plains federal court, who detained Young without bail. The federal charges brought today each carry a mandatory minimum sentence, upon conviction, of 10 years in prison and a maximum sentence of life in prison.

Assistant United States Attorney Marcia S. Cohen is in charge of the prosecution, while the investigation was conducted by the FBI New York Office, the Middletown Police Department, the Orange County District Attorney's Office, the Rockland County Sheriff's Department, the West Milford, New Jersey Police Department, and the Passaic County Prosecutor's Office. Finally, the charges contained in the Complaint filed against the defendant, Trent Young, are merely accusations, and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.

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