NEW YORK
CNYCentral
by Jim Kenyon
Posted: 06.11.2014
OSWEGO COUNTY — In 1998 Ray Younis pleaded guilty to some 86 charges of child sex abuse involving 17 boys in and around the Village of Phoenix, but authorities say there were perhaps dozens of other victims for which Younis could not be prosecuted because of the statute of limitations.
Oswego County District Attorney Gregory Oakes says there is no statute of limitations for certain crimes including 1st degree rape and 1st degree criminal sex act, but many other felony sex crimes against children must be prosecuted within 5 years.
Oakes told CNY Central’s Jim Kenyon, “I can’t go into specifics but we have cases pending now where victims have come forward on a defendant and if the allegations are true, it’s horrifying. But this office can’t go forward because it’s beyond the statute of limitations.”
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