Overview
- Virgilio Taveras remains in custody on $20,000 bail after his July 4 arraignment in Queens Criminal Court.
- He faces second-degree rape, luring a child, endangering the welfare of a child and sexual abuse charges stemming from the July 1 encounter.
- Court documents state he offered construction work, lured a 14-year-old into his gray sedan near Jamaica Avenue, performed a sexual act and gave the boy $50.
- Public records show he was arrested in June 2013 for menacing a woman with a bat and in July 2018 for assault and choking a stranger.
- The NYPD Special Victims Squad released his mugshot and vehicle photos to encourage tips to the Sex Crimes Hotline or Crime Stoppers.