A Bronx district attorney in New York has resigned after being accused of trying to meet up with a boy she met online.
William C. C. Kemp Neal, 30, “suddenly” walked He was fired from his position at the Bronx District Attorney’s Office days after the internet vigilante group Dads Against Predators (DAP) approached him about the allegations. New York Post It was reported on Saturday.
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— New York Post (@nypost) August 3, 2024
Several men from the group spotted Kemp Neal, a 2021 Fordham University Law School graduate, in the parking lot of a Target in Mount Vernon on the evening of July 8.
Video footage of the incident shows a man wearing a white T-shirt. ask The man asked if he was “Marcus.” But Kemp Neal tried to run away, and the man in the white shirt reprimanded him. “Excuse me, everyone,” he yelled. “This man is here to see a 13-year-old boy!” The group began chasing him.
Moments later, another man appeared and put Kemp Neal in a headlock. “Get him, he’s trying to get some 13-year-old boy going,” the man behind the camera demanded. “No, I’m not,” Kemp Neal replied.
Additional Video Footage show The group questioned Kemp-Neal further, and he repeatedly said, “I misunderstood, I misunderstood.” At one point, he appeared to be struggling to breathe and told the man clinging to him, “Let go.”
“Then tell me the truth,” the man behind the camera said, to which Kemp Neal replied, “Okay.”
by postKemp Neal made nearly $85,000 while working as an ADA, a job that included responding to assault, harassment and child endangerment cases.
Mount Vernon police responded to the scene but no one was arrested following the crash, but police vowed to open an investigation. post The article noted that Kemp Neal has not been charged with a crime.
“William Kemp Neal worked here as the ADA,” DA Darcel Clark said in a statement. [assistant district attorney] He stepped down at the end of his term, which ran from June 28, 2020 to July 17, 2024.
According to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA): WebsiteOnline predators pose a threat to children and it is easy for individuals to use the internet to misrepresent themselves or manipulate others.
To prevent children from being targeted, adults need to be involved in their children’s online activity to keep them safe, keep family computers in the open where they can be monitored, and set age-appropriate rules and boundaries to keep children safe from danger.
