An 18-year-old Lengthy Island sicko allegedly raped two 11-year-old boys he met on Snapchat – and disregarded the sick abuse as a prank or dare, prosecutors stated.
Bradley Schioppa, underneath the consumer identify “paxonhotsg5,” allegedly joined a Snapchat dialog arrange for 11-year-old boys within the Smithtown space again in April, the Suffolk County DA’s workplace stated.
The boys assumed Schioppa was round their very own age, and didn’t query his participation within the chat, the DA’s workplace stated.
It wasn’t till Schioppa began exhibiting up in individual at spots the place the boys gathered – together with Robert A. Brady Park in Smithtown – that they realized he was older, prosecutors stated.
He drove the boys round in his automotive, purchased them snacks and smooth drinks and performed prank video games with them, in accordance with authorities.
However throughout their outings, Schioppa allegedly sexually abused one of many boys within the Brady Park rest room, and the opposite within the restroom of a Smithtown CVS, prosecutors stated.
In each circumstances, he allegedly framed the abuse as a prank or dare that the boys could be paid for, authorities stated.
In Might 2025, the mom of one of many boys found messages between Schioppa and her son, prosecutors stated.
When she questioned her pre-teen son, he revealed the alleged abuse.
Police then launched an investigation and in the end arrested Schioppa, of Bay Shore, on Might 21.
Schioppa was arraigned Tuesday on an indictment charging him with first-degree rape, second-degree sexual abuse and endangering the welfare of a kid.
Appearing Supreme Court docket Justice Karen M. Wilutis ordered him held on $450,000 money, $900,000 bond or $4.5 million partially secured bond.
He’s due again in court docket on July 8 and will spend 25 years behind bars if convicted on the highest rely.
“This defendant is accused of committing horrific acts in opposition to two harmless youngsters,” District Lawyer Raymond A. Tierney stated in a press release. “These expenses replicate the seriousness of the alleged conduct. Defending our most susceptible residents, particularly youngsters, stays my highest precedence. We’ll pursue this case with the complete pressure of the legislation to ship the justice these youngsters deserve.”
Investigators at the moment are trying to decide whether or not Schioppa had every other victims.
Authorities are urging anybody whose youngster could have messaged or communicated with Schioppa through his Snapchat account “paxonhotsg5,” or in any other case, to contact the Suffolk County District Lawyer’s Workplace at 631-852-2555 or the Suffolk County Police Division Particular Victims Part at 631-852-6531.
