Bronx man arrested for alleged sexual assault of minor in Bergen County

SUFFOLK COUNTY, NY — Guenther Mayrhofer, 71, of Mastic Beach, a bus driver for the William Floyd School District, has been charged with promoting and possessing indecent images of children. The charges follow an investigation that revealed Mayrhofer allegedly downloaded and uploaded the images and videos to a cloud storage account.

“There is nothing more important to my office than protecting children and catching predators in our community,” said Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney. “It is deeply troubling that this defendant was reportedly around children every day as a school bus driver.”

The investigation began after New York State Police received a tip that Mayrhofer had allegedly uploaded approximately 20 images of indecent content involving children to a cloud storage account. On August 15, 2024, state police executed a search warrant at Mayrhofer’s home, seizing numerous electronic devices and storage media.

A subsequent examination of these devices revealed that Mayrhofer had allegedly downloaded and stored more than a hundred images and videos depicting the exploitation of children.

Mayrhofer was arraigned on August 29, 2024, before Acting Chief Justice Karen M. Wilutis on 25 counts of promoting a sexual act by a child, class D felonies, and 25 counts of possessing a sexual act by a child, class E felonies.

Judge Wilutis set bail at $150,000 cash, $500,000 surety, or a $1.5 million partially secured bond. Mayrhofer is scheduled to return to court on October 8, 2024, and is being represented by the Suffolk County Legal Aid Society.

Authorities are urging anyone who believes they may have been a victim of Guenther Mayrhofer to contact the New York State Police, the Suffolk County Police Department, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS.

BERGEN COUNTY, NJ — Renaldo W. Baxter, 36, of the Bronx, New York, has been arrested and charged with multiple felonies, including attempted aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child, following an investigation led by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office.

The investigation began on May 31, 2024, when Garfield police contacted the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit regarding allegations of sexual abuse involving a minor under the age of sixteen. The abuse allegedly occurred between April and October 2019 in Garfield and Teaneck, NJ

Authorities from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office, the Garfield Police Department, and the Teaneck Police Department determined that Baxter had sexually abused the minor during this time. As a result, on June 25, 2024, Baxter was charged with one count of attempted aggravated sexual assault in the second degree, one count of sexual assault in the second degree, and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child in the third degree.

On August 28, 2024, Baxter was arrested by the New York City Police Department (NYPD) and the FBI Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force. He was subsequently taken into custody by the New York City Department of Corrections at the Rikers Island Facility, where he awaits extradition to Bergen County, NJ

Bergen County District Attorney Mark Musella announced the arrest, highlighting the cooperative efforts of law enforcement agencies to apprehend Baxter.

SUFFOLK COUNTY, NY — A Wyandanch man has been charged with attempted murder, assault and other related offenses in connection with a shooting that occurred outside Jake’s 58 Casino in Islandia earlier this year.

Nashawn Legros, 24, was issued a summons on Aug. 30 after being arrested by U.S. Marshals and the Suffolk County Police Department’s Narcotics Section. The charges stem from a May 31 incident in which Legros allegedly shot a man twice at close range in a casino parking lot, causing serious bodily injury to the victim.

According to investigators, the shooting occurred around 10:16 p.m. Legros was in a parked vehicle when he saw the victim walking toward the casino entrance. He reportedly exited the vehicle, approached the victim, and shot him in the chest and abdomen. The victim was able to enter the casino before collapsing and received emergency care from staff and members of the public before being taken to a hospital for surgery. The victim survived, but suffered serious injuries.

After the shooting, Legros reportedly fled the scene, abandoning his vehicle, which he was not authorized to use, in the Central Islip area.

Legros was charged with one count of attempted murder in the second degree and one count of assault in the first degree, both Class B violent felonies, as well as two counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, Class C violent felonies, and one count of unauthorized use of a vehicle in the first degree, a Class D felony.

Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney condemned the act, stating: “The alleged crimes of this defendant threatened not only the life of the victim, but the lives of everyone who was in the casino parking lot at the time. That is unacceptable.”

Legros is being held on $1 million bail, $2 million bail or $10 million partially secured bail. He is due back in court on September 6, 2024. He is being represented by the Legal Aid Society.