Crime & Safety
Quogue Police: Parents Discover Man Having Sex With Their Son
William Ellinger, 25, of Bay Shore, was charged with third-degree sex abuse.
Quogue Village police arrested a 25-year-old Bay Shore man and charged him with two counts of third-degree sex abuse, a misdemeanor, after he allegedly had sex with a minor.
Police said William Ellinger was also charged with endangering the welfare of a child, another misdemeanor, after parents of a 16-year-old boy discovered their son and Elinger engaged in a sexual act in a house in Quogue on Monday at 7:15 p.m.
Through an investigation, cops said they learned that Ellinger and the 16-year-old, whose name is being withheld, met online.
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He was formally charged on Tuesday at 1:45 a.m.
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