Stefan Colmer sodomized boys, was sheltered by Brooklyn rabbis, and forced out of Passaic. Colrmer fled to Israel and was later extradited.
KINGS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY CHARLES J. HYNES ANNOUNCES GUILTY PLEA IN CHILD SEX ABUSE CASE
FIRST EXTRADITION FROM ISRAEL UNDER NEW, EXPANDED TREATY
Brooklyn, June 9, 2009 – Kings County District Attorney Charles J. Hynes today announced the guilty plea of Stefan Colmer, 32, to Eight Counts of Criminal Sexual Act in the Second Degree, a Class-D Felony.
Colmer, the first person extradited from Israel to the United States under a new extradition treaty, will be sentenced to two-and-one-third to seven years in prison, June 30.
After learning he was under investigation, in February 2007, Colmer fled to Israel. A new extradition treaty between the United States and Israel, which went into effect Jan. 10, 2007, allowed Colmer to be returned to Brooklyn. Prior to the amendments to the treaty, the crimes Colmer committed were not subject to extradition.
Between January and May 2006, Colmer sodomized two teenage boys on numerous occasions.
Colmer was indicted in May 2007, on Eight Counts of Criminal Sexual Act in the Second Degree, 19 Counts of Sexual Abuse in the Second Degree, Eight Counts of Sexual Misconduct and Two Counts of Endangering the Welfare of a Child.
The case was prosecuted by Counsel to the Sex Crimes Bureau Elizabeth Doerfler. Rhonnie Jaus is Chief of the Sex Crimes Bureau.
[Hat Tip: UOJ via The Monsey Tzadik.]