Haredi Sex Offender Escapes Arrest And Flees To Israel – With, Some Claim, The Tacit Approval And Help Of The NYPD And The Brooklyn DA

Worse yet, the sex offender's family made aliyah to join him there – with the help of the Orthodox aliyah group Nefesh B'Nefesh.

Above: Yona Weinberg

Originally published at 10:00 pm CST 1-15-2015

Haredi Sex Offender Escapes Arrest And Flees To Israel – With, Some Claim, The Tacit Approval And Help Of The NYPD And The Brooklyn DA
Shmarya Rosenberg • FailedMessiah.com

Former bar mitzvah tutor and social worker Yona Weinberg is a convicted Level 3 Sex Offender, the most serious type of sex offender there is. The 36-year-old Weinberg would have been rearrested for allegedly assaulting a new a victim this summer, an 11-year-old boy in a Brooklyn synagogue.

But when cops got to his Brooklyn home he wasn't there, and the next day he was on a plane to Israel – largely because Brooklyn DA Kenneth Thompson failed to act swiftly to have him arrested or to stop his flight.

“[Thompson]’s making all of us who really campaigned hard for him look like fools. He seems to be playing politics. The outcome of this case is disgusting,” victim and victims advocate Chaim Levin told the Daily News.

Weinberg allegedly slammed the 11-year-old boy into a shelf of books in the synagogue on August 15, and police reportedly have a warrant to arrest Weinberg on a misdemeanor assault charge.

A misdemeanor isn’t a serious enough crime to be extradited from Israel.

“In the event that [Weinberg] returns to New York, he will be charged,” Thompson’s spokeswoman Lupe Todd told the Daily News.

But that incident took place two months after the 11-year-old boy told police he was “forced” to touch Weinberg’s shirt and pants to ‘measure their size,’ a law enforcement source told the Daily News.

Thompson refused to bring forcible touching charges against Weinberg because the boy was not forced to touch Weinberg’s genitals.

The physical assault in the synagogue allegedly took place because the boy spoke to police about the forcible touching. As he threw the boy into the bookshelf Weinberg allegedly threatened to harm the boy even more if he kept on talking to police and the DA.

Police reportedly failed to file an official report about the assault until September 9 – 25 days after the assault allegedly took place. The Daily News reports the cause for that delay is unclear.

When cops went to Weinberg’s Flatbush home to arrest him, his wife told them he was out and referred him to an attorney.

Weinberg reportedly left for Israel the next day. Weinberg’s wife and four children joined him there several weeks courtesy of Nefesh B’nefesh, the Orthodox aliyah organization.

“The culture in the Brooklyn DA’s office is to discourage Orthodox victims of child abuse from proceeding with their complaints.…The way he has been dealing with these cases sends a message that he’s not interested in prosecuting Orthodox Jewish sex offenders. The victims and their families have gotten this message loud and clear,” Ben Hirsch, one of the co-founders of the anti-child-sex-abuse organization Survivors of Justice, said.

The Brooklyn prosecutor handling this case is allegedly Miss Gregory, a daughter of noted comedian Dick Gregory. She has repeatedly mishandled abuse cases, according to sources aware of the situation.

Weinberg was able to flee because no one was watching him. Why would that be? Because he was not sentenced to parole or supervised release after serving his 13-month prison sentence for sexually molesting two young boys that concluded in 2010.

That was largely due to the laxity and likely corruption of former Brooklyn DA Charles J. Hynes and a cadre of Brooklyn judges many outside legal experts look at with a mix of bemusement and scorn.

Under law, because he is a Level 3 Sex Offender Weinberg is required to check in with police every 90 days and to verify his address once a year. If he fails to do so, it is a felony.

The New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) told the Daily News that a letter sent to verify Weinberg’s Brooklyn address was returned unopened by the Post Office in December.

“We have not received any information from this offender or the NYPD,” DCJS spokeswoman Janine Kava said today.

The federal sex offender registry still shows Weinberg's Brooklyn address as current – even though it isn't.

But the Brooklyn DA’s spokeswoman Lupe Todd insisted Weinberg told the police he was leaving the country, and promised to check in as required – a claim that does not appear to jibe with the known facts.

Has Weinberg checked in with the NYPD? That, the Daily News says, is unclear.

But what is clear is that if Weinberg left without checking in or violated the 90 day rule – both likely true – he can be prosecuted as a felon. And that should make his extradition possible. And that is why the arguably corrupt Thompso is claiming Weinberg complied.

Meanwhile, Weinberg and his family are now living openly in the haredi Jerusalem neighborhood of Har Nof with unrestricted access to lots of little children.

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Comments

[singlemalt]

Israel should deport him.

[get not valid]

surprise surprise satmar gets to da aguda gets to the da no jewish kid who is molested would be safe with these two groups

[skepticfrum]

@singlemalt, they won't.

[skepticfrum]

, Weinberg and his family are now living openly in the haredi Jerusalem neighborhood of Har Nof with unrestricted access to lots of little children."

In other words, he is in a candy store. Too bad it didn't happen in Texas, he would have end up at least 10 years behind bars for the same offense he did only 13 months.

[Bas Melech]

The DA is happy. New Yorkers are happy. The molester is now somebody else's problem.

Weinberg is happy. He now lives among like-minded people and near the candy store.

[tucsonjew]

Israel has now become the "Land of Pedophiles
and Perverts"

[Marcus]

He sure looks Haredi to me ... NOT!

[Shmarya Rosenberg]

Marcus –

Stop lying, troll. Half of the Mir Yeshiva looks like that, as do many other non-hasidic haredim. The stupidity and dishonesty of haredi trolls is truly astounding. Now toddle off, asshole.

[Seymour, CPA]

Please use a better pic of him.
One which he is more likely to look like when one bumps into him
http://m.nydailynews.com/imageprocessor?image=http%3a%2f%2fassets.nydailynews.com%2fpolopoly_fs%2f1.2080414.1421371992!%2fimg%2fhttpImage%2fimage.jpg_gen%2fderivatives%2farticle_970%2fmolester16k-1-web.jpg&width=320

Also, it would not be at all surprising if he IS infact keeping contact with the police so not to be in violation of a felony.
When you call the NYC department of the registry and ask about him, all the officer answers is "He has an attorney handling his case"

[amijustnaive]

i dont know if he is haredi or not, however what i can say is that i learnt in mir for a few years and out of circa 6000 students i can tell you that i never saw anyone wearing a hoody...

[WoolSilkCotton; I must be seen to be believed]

Google him and you'll see other photos that are a lot more far frumpt.
See nY Daily News this mornings story about him.

[Outcast Yid]

"Worst of all, the family was driven to the airport by formerly-Chabad-approved Crown Heights cab company, whom the called on a cellphone that he purchased at Satmar-owned B&H Phono."

Dude, Nefesh b'Nefesh helped the *family* make aliyah. Where is your usual sympathy for the family of offenders? This last detail is just one more meaningless attack on an Orthodox organization that does good for the Jewish people by bringing more Habayit Hayehudi voters to Israel.

Oh -- I get it.

Naftali Bennett in 2015
Trey Gowdy in 2016

[surprised]

Another one sent to Israel.

Lately, every time an adult family tells me they are moving or intend to move to Israel, my mind wonders what their real motives are.

From the zionist dream, Israel has become a refuge land for Jewish criminals from all countries.

What a destiny...

[anonymous]

He can dress anyway he wants- the measure of religiosity is not that. Molesting people means not religious. Shmarya did you really write those aggressive words or did someone use your name without permission?

[criscross]

I wish him a levi moscowitz encounter of the closest kind!

[WoolSilkCotton; I must be seen to be believed]

++Molesting people means not religious++

Wrong. The opposite is true. Religion allows you to justify ANYTHING.

[Chaim]

i remember this shithead from the mirrer yeshiva in flatbush. my only question is which rebbe molested HIM.

any ideas?

who in the elementary school raped this bastard?

[Rocky]

"Meanwhile, Weinberg and his family are now living openly in the haredi Jerusalem neighborhood of Har Nof with unrestricted access to lots of little children."

Har Nof is the community where four rabbis were gunned down at shul in November 2014. If I were religious and superstitious, I would argue that God punished the community for harboring a criminal in its midst. But since I'm not religious or superstitious, I'll just go along with Surprised, namely, that Israel has become a refuge land for Jewish criminals.

[Alter Kocker]

I hope that Weinberg is found in an alley with his testes removed with a rusty dull saw. May he have endured hours of torture. And may he NEVER be buried with Jews. One hopes that he is cremated and flushed down a toilet somewhere.

Call me bloodthirsty. Tell me he's a good guy and gives tzedakah. Tell me he is doing g-d's work by teaching Bar Mitzvah. I will tell you that if you defend horseshit like this you are just as bad and deserve a worse fate.

[m]

from now on , with new DA kenneth thompson , that's the way it's gonna be .
long wait to have a criminal arrested to give the criminal a chance to leave the country , or if the pedophile is arrested , then , he will be free .
identical situation with all financial fraudsters , or any haredi who break the law , no jail under DA thompson .

it's gonna take years for yonah weinberg to be extradited back to the US , most probably not . weinberg will settle in a country that does not have an extradition treaty with the US .

DA thompson wants the haredi votes , he also wants to keep his position and be reelected multiple times , and he will .

[SH]

Scott, your constant ignorance and naivety never ceases to amaze me. The fact that you constantly put the world "Haredi" based on where a person is from and defend your comment by saying, "Half of the Mir Yeshiva looks like that, as do many other non-hasidic haredim."

When will you learn that when you abuse children, by definition you are not Haredi. When you steal money, you are not Hared. So enough of your hatred laced rants against the haredi community. These people may have an association with the haredi community, some of them based on where they are from while others based on what they look like but by no means are they haredi. Cut it out already.

[SHim]

Scott, your constant ignorance and naivety never ceases to amaze me. The fact that you constantly put the world "Haredi" based on where a person is from and defend your comment by saying, "Half of the Mir Yeshiva looks like that, as do many other non-hasidic haredim."

When will you learn that when you abuse children, by definition you are not Haredi. When you steal money, you are not Hared. So enough of your hatred laced rants against the haredi community. These people may have an association with the haredi community, some of them based on where they are from while others based on what they look like but by no means are they haredi. Cut it out already.

[sifter]

I Also dont see why NbN gad to get smeared in this article.

[MG]

His family is certainly innocent. No reason they should not have been helped by nefesh bnefesh.

[Barry 1]

MG: Exactly right.

The NY DA should file for extradition.

Also, to blame the community in Har Nof because his family lives there is also absurd. People have no control over who moves in, nor is it likely that they know he's there.

All you big knocker naysayers should check the offender databases and he how many of these sickos live near you. Be prepared to be shocked.

[So what.?]

Shmarya
You were charedi once like this guy was
Now you are not and this guy was I inspired in F M and became like you
Iow. He became your chossid

[H]

Charedi or not, he looks more like Jabba the Hutt