Yoel Gonzalez, 27, music teacher, 950 Lynn Dr., Valley Stream, New York, "arrested for the statutory rape of an underage teen girl " Originally met the victim when he was employed by: Bracco Music Center, 236 Rockaway Ave, Valley Stream, New York Long Island Press: Valley Stream Music Teacher Charged With Rape of Teen Girl (Feb 21 2014) Police said Gonzalez was 24 years old when he initiated a sexual relationship with the then-15-year-old girl in 2011, two years after they first met when she was 13 and taking lessons from Gonzalez when he worked at Bracco Music Center. The two began to socialize outside of the music shop and Gonzalez continued to tutor the victim privately in her home after he no longer worked at the shop, police said. Tags:
NBC New York: Long Island Guitar Teacher Accused of Raping Student (Feb 21 2014) Detectives say the student began taking lessons from Yoel Gonzalez, of Valley Stream, when she was 13; the lessons were held at the Bracco Music Center on Rockaway Avenue, where Gonzalez was employed. After some time, authorities say Gonzalez stopped working for Bracco but continued to tutor the student in her home. After two years of lessons, Gonzalez allegedly initiated a sexual relationship with the victim that lasted several years. He was 24 at the time and she was 15.
CBS Local New York: Long Island Music Teacher Accused Of Having Sex With Teen Student (Feb 21 2014) Yoel Gonzalez, 27, met the victim in 2009 when the girl signed up for guitar lessons at Bracco Music Center in Valley Stream, police said. The lessons were usually held at Bracco’s, but eventually Gonzalez and the girl started to meet up outside of the music center, police said. After Gonzalez stopped working at Bracco’s, he continued to tutor the teen privately in her home, police said.After two years of lessons, Gonzalez, who was 24 years old at the time, initiated a sexual relationship with the victim who was 15 at the time, police said. The relationship continued for about two years. “He manipulated her for years with this as the result and I hope he fries,” the young girl’s mother told CBS 2′s Carolyn Gusoff. “Yes, he was in my home and, yes, he went to my daughters Sweet 16 party, and, yes, I made coffee, but without any thought he was betraying my family.”
Newsday: Music teacher accused of sex crimes against student (Feb 21 2014) Police said Gonzalez met the victim, then 13, in 2009 when she began taking guitar lessons at Bracco Music Center on Rockaway Avenue in Valley Stream. Though the lessons initially took place at the music center, police said Gonzalez and the girl, whose identity was not released because she is believed to be the victim of a sex crime, eventually "began to socialize" outside of the center -- and said that once Gonzalez ended his employment at the music center he tutored the girl at his home. But police said that after two years Gonzalez, who by then was 24, "initiated a sexual relationship" with the girl -- while she was 15 -- that lasted about two years. Wall Street Journal: Music teacher arrested on Long Island (Feb 21 2014) Lake Placid News: Music teacher arrested on Long Island (Feb 21 2014) Greenfield Reporter: Music teacher arrested on Long Island; accused of having sex with teen student (Feb 21 2014)
Oneida Dispatch: Music teacher arrested (Feb 22 2014) Police say teacher [Yoel Gonzalez] and student eventually started socializing outside the school. He left his job at the school and kept tutoring her at home. Police say he started having sex with her about two years ago, when she was 15. Police are looking for information on any other potential victims.
