Bushwick daycare teacher charged for allegedly sexually abusing young students * Brooklyn Paper

"According to the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office, Brown, who taught at The Learning Factory on Evergreen Avenue, was accused of abusing four young girls - ages 5, 6 and 9 - multiple times over the course of about a year and a half. The defendant allegedly touched the victims' "intimate body parts" both under and over their clothing while they were inside the childcare center. On at least one occasion, the DA said, he abused a child while they were at Brooklyn Bridge Park."

"According to News12, at least two people raised concern's about Brown's behavior with the center's owners, but were brushed off. Brown was charged in Brooklyn Supreme Court on Wednesday with multiple counts of first-and-second-degree sexual abuse, forcible touching and endangering the welfare of a child. He was ordered to be held on bail, and will appear in court again on March 27. His top charge, first degree sexual abuse, carries a maximum prison sentence of seven years."

Devante Brown, 30, a teacher at The Learning Factory on Evergreen Avenue in Bushwick, was arrested by the NYPD's Brooklyn Child Abuse Squad and charged with multiple counts of sexual abuse and related offenses. He is accused of repeatedly abusing four girls, ages 5, 6, and 9, over roughly a year and a half, allegedly touching their intimate body parts under and over clothing inside the childcare center and, on at least one occasion, at Brooklyn Bridge Park. He allegedly threatened a child to prevent reporting and reportedly told a child her favorite teacher would be fired if she told an adult. Parents reported the incidents last summer after children disclosed them, and at least two people raised concerns with the center's owners but were brushed off. Brown was ordered held on bail and faces a March 27 court appearance; the top charge carries up to seven years in prison.

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