Crime & Safety
52-Year-Old Admits To Raping 6-Year-Old Girl In Spring Valley
Ten years after the horrific sexual abuse, in early 2025, the child told a family member, who then reported the crime to police.
NEW CITY, NY — A Hudson Valley man has admitted to the disturbing sexual abuse of a small child in a Rockland County home.
Rockland County District Attorney Thomas E. Walsh, II announced on Tuesday that 52-year-old Juan Buezo Hernandez, of Airmont, pleaded guilty on July 3, to felony first-degree rape.
He will be sentenced to nine years in state prison with five years of post-release supervision, when he is scheduled to be sentenced on October 8. Buezo Hernandez will be required to register as a sex offender, and a Sex Offender Registration hearing will take place prior to his release from state prison.
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According to the district attorney, during the summer of 2015, Buezo Hernandez engaged in vaginal sexual intercourse with a six-year-old girl, at a home in the Village of Spring Valley.
Ten years later, in early 2025, the child told a family member about the abuse. The family member then reported the crime to law enforcement.
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The investigation was conducted by the Spring Valley Police Department with assistance from the Rockland County District Attorney's Office Special Victims Unit.
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