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NYPD Legal Bureau officer arrested on rape, child sex crime charges in Brooklyn

By Big New York · 07/09/2026 · Updated 07/09/2026

A Brooklyn NYPD officer assigned to the Legal Bureau has been charged with rape, sexual misconduct and child sex offenses and suspended without pay. A Brooklyn police officer has been arrested and charged with multiple felony sex offenses involving a child, according to the NYPD. Joshua Acosta, 39, an off-duty NYPD police officer assigned to.

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A Brooklyn NYPD officer assigned to the Legal Bureau has been charged with rape, sexual misconduct and child sex offenses and suspended without pay. A Brooklyn police officer has been arrested and charged with multiple felony sex offenses involving a child, according to the NYPD. Joshua Acosta, 39, an off-duty NYPD police officer assigned to.

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