3 Mamaroneck Residents, Including Teacher, Charged This Week In 3 Separate Child Pornography Cases: DA

VILLAGE OF MAMARONECK, NY — Three residents of the same Westchester village have been charged this week with crimes related to child pornography, according to law enforcement officials.

Westchester County District Attorney Susan Cacace announced on Friday that three Village of Mamaroneck residents have been arrested and charged this past week with offenses related to the possession and promotion of child sexual abuse material.

Brent Mickol, 39, a social studies teacher at the Collegiate Institute for Math & Science, in the Bronx, was arraigned on Tuesday in Mamaroneck Village Court. Bail was set at $5,000 cash. He has been administratively reassigned by his employer pending further investigation, according to the DA.

William Persampieri, 32, a custodian for Rye Neck middle and high schools, was arraigned on Thursday in Mamaroneck Village Court. Bail was set at $1,500 cash, despite the objection of the DA. He was placed on administrative leave by his employer pending further investigation, according to the DA.

Francisco Hernandez, 41, was arraigned last Friday in Mamaroneck Village Court. Bail was set at $50,000 cash, against the DA's request for remand.

The DA said that the cases appear to be unrelated to each other.

Each of the men was charged with felony promoting an obscene sexual performance by a child, and felony possessing an obscene sexual performance by a child.

"Rarely are crimes as heinous as those involving the abuse and exploitation of children," Cacace said. "As the longtime presiding judge of the County Court's Sex Offense Part, I saw far too many of these cases cross my docket. Now, as District Attorney, I am working with our law enforcement partners to bring abusers to justice. Possessing and sharing child sexual abuse material compounds the harms of the initial abuse and retraumatizes victims. Under my administration, prosecuting these cases is a top priority."

The incidents were investigated by the Westchester County District Attorney's Office and Village of Mamaroneck Police Department detectives. The cases are being prosecuted by Assistant DA Michael Delohery.

DA Cacace says these cases represent her latest efforts to protect children and hold offenders accountable, following the recent guilty plea of a Peekskill man who raped an 11-year-old girl, and the extradition back to Westchester of a Mexican national who raped a young Westchester girl over a decade ago before fleeing the country.

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In addition, the DA's Office engages in community education efforts, including with Westchester-area schools, to help children recognize potential threats and encourage them to report inappropriate behavior.