Man Arrested After Sexually Abusing Disabled Shelter Resident: PD

DEER PARK, NY —A Deer Park man was arrested on Friday after impersonating a county employee and forcibly touching a disabled shelter resident in East Farmingdale in early September, Suffolk County police announced.

Alfred Balcerak, 65, impersonated a DSS employee to enter an East Farmingdale shelter facility on September 6 where he made sexual contact with a disabled resident and stole some of their personal items, police said.

Police arrested Balcerak at his home on Wright Avenue in Deer Park on September 13 and charged him with forcible touching, third-degree sexual abuse, first-degree endangering the welfare of a physically disabled person, second-degree endangering the welfare of a physically disabled person, false personation and petit larceny, police said.

He was held overnight at the Third Precinct and arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on September 14.

Anyone with information or who believes they are a victim may call the Special Victims Section at 631-852-6531.