Manorville Man Who Solicited Sex From Girl, 15, In Custody: Cops

Riverhead NY

26 May, 2021

9:32 AM

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MANORVILLE, NY —A Manorville man wanted for soliciting sex from a minor is now in custody, police said. According to Suffolk County Police, Andrew Quattrone, 38, was arrested at 2:45 p.m. Wednesday and charged with third-degree criminal solicitation and endangering the welfare of a child, police said. He is scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on Thursday, police said. The incident took place on Thursday, May 13, at 5:15 p.m. in a parking lot on East Main Street in Babylon when Quattrone approached a 15-year-old girl, handed her a cell phone with a pre-typed sexually explicit message to read, and requested she perform a sex act, police said. When a friend of the girl walked over, Quattrone fled the parking lot in a gray 2006 Acura with New York license plate KKT-1304, police said. A two-count warrant was issued for Quattrone by Suffolk County's first district court on May 24, police said.. Anyone who believes they may be a victim of Quattrone is asked to contact Suffolk County's first squad at 631-854-8152 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS, police said. All calls will remain confidential.