Case of David Kohn

Case of David Kohn
(AKA: Avraham Perl, Dovid Kohn)

Monsey, NY
Israel

Convicted sex offender.  Sent to prison relating to 40 sex charges involving 12-year-old girl.  He also is likely to be deported following his sentence, as he’d overstayed his immigration VISA.

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Table of Contents:

2012

1. Monsey man Charged with Sex Attack (03/30/2012)
2. Monsey man faces 40 counts of criminal sexual acts (03/30/2012)
3. Monsey man jailed on 40 sex charges involving girl (03/31/2012)

2013

1. Kohn Receives Justice (01/31/2013)

Also see:

1. Case of Kenneth Gribetz

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Monsey man Charged with Sex Attack
Rockland Times - March 30, 2012

Town of Ramapo Police arrested a Monsey man Friday on charges of sexual abuse.

The man, Dovid Kohn, 59, of Monsey, also know as Avraham Perl, is being charged with 40 counts of a criminal sex act in the second degree for engaging in sexual conduct with a person younger than 15 years old, a class D felony. Kohn is also facing one count of sexual conduct with a child in the first degree, a class B felony, police said.

According to police, a female victim went to them about Kohn on March 19. Following an investigation they found Kohn had abused the victim over several years when she was between the ages of 12 and 15.

Town Justice R. Shoenberger arraigned Kohn and set bail at $1 million. Kohn is currently incarcerated at Rockland County Jail.

Police are encouraging any other victims to contact the Ramapo Police Detective Bureau.

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Monsey man faces 40 counts of criminal sexual acts
News 12 - March 30, 2012

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Monsey man jailed on 40 sex charges involving girl
LoHud - March 31, 2012

RAMAPO — A 59-year-old Monsey man has been charged with 40 counts accusing him of having oral sex with a girl when she was between the ages of 12 and 15, police said Friday.

Dovid Kohn, also known as Avraham Perl, is being held on $1 million cash bail in the county jail in New City on 40 counts of second-degree criminal sex act and first-degree sexual conduct against a child.


The girl is now in her mid-20s, Ramapo Detective Lt. Mark Emma said Friday.
The woman came forward March 19 to file a complaint against Kohn, who runs a video business in Monsey that covers events for businesses.

“This happened over three years when she was between 12 and 15,” Emma said. “I wouldn’t question the motive of any victim who decides to come forward.”

Emma said there is no statute of limitations on sex crimes. The sexual-conduct charge is applied when the alleged abuse lasts at least three months.

Authorities would not say how the suspect and the woman knew each other.

The reason for the high bail from Justice Rhoda Schoenberger was because he uses two names, police said. The judge set bail at $5 million bond or $1 million cash.

His legal name is Avraham Perl and he has lived in the Monsey community for 30 years, said his lawyer, Kenneth Gribetz. He is married with three adult children.

Gribetz said his client will plead not guilty and will provide the court with documentation showing his legal identity.

“We will review the facts and circumstances of the case when the police and District Attorney’s Office provide us with the details,” Gribetz said.
Emma said anyone with information can call the Ramapo Police Department at 845-357-2400 and ask for the detective bureau.

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Kohn Receives Justice

Rockland County Times - January 31, 2013

After a series of religious Jews charged with sex abuse crimes evaded prison time, law enforcement finally appears to be turning the corner in the effort to provide equal protection to children of the community. 

David Kohn of Monsey pled guilty on Monday of performing oral sex on a then 12-year-old girl who was friends with his daughter. The 60-year-old Israeli-national is expected to face a sentence of eight years in state prison, 10 years probation and placement of the sex offenders registry. He also is likely to be deported following his sentence, as he’d overstayed his immigration VISA.

Kohn admitted to Judge William Nelson in the county courthouse that he’d perform sex acts on the girl between the years 2004 and 2006 when she was between the ages of 12 and 14. The girl did not report the crimes until 2012.

Prosecutors outfitted the girl with a body wire and recorded conversation between she and Kohn which verified her version of events and led to his arrest.

Kohn pled guilty to 35 counts of sexual abuse.

In the last year and a half Samuel Dym (AKA: Shmuel Dym) and Moishe Turner of Monsey and Herschel Taubenfeld of New Square were all charged with various sexual crimes against children, but evaded jail time. The probation sentences of Taubenfeld and Turner were announced within the last two weeks.

Prosecutors have faced challenges in securing justice for children in the religious community that have been victimized. Sometimes there is pressure from persons within the community for victims to deal with such matters internally, and not include the justice system.

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Father of sexually abused child speaks out against Brooklyn DA Charles Hynes and Henna White

A father recently talked exclusively to CBS about his personal anguish on what it's like being a parent of victim of abuse and being victimized by his own community for speaking out and doing the right thing to protect his children.

(UK) Sex offenders forced to ask permission to go on foreign holiday

Sex offenders forced to ask permission to go on foreign holiday

Sex offenders will have to ask permission to go on a foreign holiday and tell police if they are living with a child, under new plans. 

By Christopher Hope

The Telegraph - March 5, 2012 

If they are homeless they will also have to report to police on a weekly basis so they cannot go missing and offend again. 

Currently they can go on holiday for three days or less without telling the police. However under the changes, which should be law by the summer, any overseas travel will have to be cleared by the police. 

The measures announced by the Home Office are designed to close loopholes identified with the operation of the Sex Offenders’ Register. 

Ministers also published new rules to take into account a ruling by the Supreme Court in April 2010 that those on the register for life should have the right to apply for a review. 

James Brokenshire, a Home Office minister, said: “We are doing everything we can to protect the public from predatory sex offenders by tightening the law and closing loopholes.

“At the same time we will continue to do the minimum necessary to abide by the Supreme Court ruling. 

“We will make sure we have a process that is robust, workable and puts public protection first, while at the same time preventing sex offenders being able to waste taxpayers’ money by repeatedly challenging our laws. 

“Most importantly sex offenders who continue to pose a risk will remain on the register and will do so for life if necessary.” 

Currently sex offenders can give their permanent address as a park bench or bus stop will have to report to police every week under Government plans. 

Freed sex offenders, including paedophiles, can also give a rough location such as “somewhere in the woods” if they are homeless. 

They will now have to “notify the police weekly where they can be found when they have no fixed abode [and] notify the police when they are living with a child under the age of 18”. 

The dodge emerged in 2006 after a convicted sex offender went missing after telling police he would be living rough in Kent. He was eventually tracked down in Devon and taken to court, where he received a conditional discharge. 

Sex offenders will also have to “notify the police of all foreign travel” for more than three days and present their passport, bank account and credit card details when they notify the police so they cannot avoid the restrictions by changing their names by deed poll. 

Moves to close loopholes in the existing regime come as figures showed the whereabouts of nearly 850 registered sex offenders were unknown. 

A total of 843 people on the register were missing as of September 1 last year, with 690 having been untraceable for more than 12 months, according to figures from a Freedom of Information request to the National Policing Improvement Agency. 

It also showed the number of missing registered sex offenders has more than doubled in two years, with just 356 missing on September 1 2009. 

The Home Office also confirmed plans for police chiefs to review requests from paedophiles and rapists to be removed from the sex offenders register after 15 years. 

Thousands of sex offenders will be able to apply to have their names removed after the Supreme Court ruled it was a breach of offenders' human rights to be put on the register for life with no review. 

Government plans to give people the right to ask police about a partner's history have been condemned as a waste of money by a leading domestic violence charity. 

Refuge warned the cost of setting up “Clare’s Law” pilot schemes in Greater Manchester, Gwent, Nottinghamshire and Wiltshire could outweigh the benefits. 

Home Secretary Theresa May said the fact that two people were killed by their current or former partner each week in England and Wales showed the need for action. 

It comes after a campaign for a change in the law to help protect women from domestic abuse by Michael Brown, whose daughter, Clare Wood, was strangled and set on fire by her ex-boyfriend, George Appleton, at her home in Salford in 2009. Appleton then went on the run before hanging himself. 

Refuge said that in a time of austerity “we can't afford the luxury of expensive and untested new scheme”. 

Sandra Horley, the charity's chief executive, said: "We are at an absolute loss as to why the Government is introducing the new disclosure scheme. 

“It seems to have ignored the concerns of the leading domestic violence organisations and those of Liberty. The new disclosure scheme simply isn't supported by any of us with the expertise to judge its chances of success.”

Upcoming 'Slut Walk' in Jerusalem: Protest Movement Marches Return to Israel

Jerusalem is set to hold its first "slut walk," following other cities in what has become an international protest movement. The marches began in Canada after a policeman said that if women wanted to stay safe from rape and sexual assault, they should avoid dressing like quote "sluts." Many were incensed over the implication that women who are raped or harassed are somehow to blame because of their sexy attire. The protests are meant to highlight that it is the attackers who are solely responsible for their violent acts, not women, who have the right to dress however they want. The first "slut walk" took place last year in Toronto and quickly spread to the United States, Australia, Asia and recently, Israel. Women dressed in scantily clad outfits became a hallmark of the marches, a message of defiance that has provoked its own share of controversy. Israeli women strutted in their first "slut walk" in Tel Aviv last February, followed by activists in the northern city of Haifa. The march planned for Jerusalem has hit a sensitive nerve with many Orthodox residents who say it offends their religious views on modest dress and sexual behavior. But others support the protest and its message... The Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem says he'd like to stop the "slut walk" from taking place, saying the sanctity of the city makes it different than other places. But that argument failed to stop the gay pride parade from coming to Jerusalem and won't work this time either. Police are anticipating a few hundred women will show up for march which will go through the center of town and surely elicit reactions from the surrounding religious neighborhoods. Jordana Miller, JN1, Jerusalem