Moshe Pinter, who is accused of raping a young boy, has been working at a Brooklyn yeshiva for troubled teens, in part because he was offered and took a plea deal that kept him off the sex offender registry.
Moshe Pinter
Originally published at 9:56 pm CDT on 7-5-2012
Exclusive: Man accused of raping a teen has been working at a Brooklyn yeshiva
Reuven Blau • New York Daily News
A Borough Park man accused of raping a young boy has been working at a Brooklyn yeshiva for troubled teens - and the city’s Probation Dept. never barred him from contact with minors.
Moshe Pinter, 28, was arrested and charged with a trying to molest a 13-year old boy in 2007, but pled down the top felony charge to a misdemeanor child endangerment offense after the victim declined to testify against him, according to court records and sources.
Pinter was sentenced to three years of probation, but was not barred from working with minors.
For the past year Pinter has been working at Ohr Hameir Yeshiva in Borough Park chaperoning Hasidic teens on weekend getaways while parents had no idea of his criminal past - which also includes two theft convictions.
“It's scary. My parents fell for it. They had no idea. He should be a million miles away from kids," said the brother of a former student at the Tenth Ave. school. "They put him right back in the community.”
After an inquiry from the Daily News, a Probation Dept. spokesman said the agency is “investigating” Pinter’s role at the school.…Pinter pled guilty to grand larceny charges last March and faces up to 15 years in prison at his October sentencing.