Jesse E. Vargas (©Nassau County Police Department)

Jesse E. Vargas is a Hispanic man from New York, United States. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. He lives in Seaford, Nassau County, New York. (a)
2. He previously lived in Bellmore, Nassau County. (b) (c)
3. He previously lived in Port Jefferson Station, Suffolk County. (c)
4. He is Christian. (b)
5. He is married. (b)
6. He is a registered Republican. (b)
7. In 2011, he was a youth pastor at the Incredible Journey to Christianity retreat in Michigan, USA where he met a girl, then 13. (a)
8. He arranged to have the girl, then 15, visit his home in Seaford on June 20, 2013. They allegedly had sex there that day. (a)
9. In 2020, the girl told the police that he had sex with her on June 20, 2013. An investigation was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation‘s Crimes Against Children Division, the Nassau County Special Victims Squad and the Hazelwood Police Department in Missouri, USA. (a)
10. At 3:00 a.m. on March 19, 2021, he was arrested at his home in Seaford. (d) (e)
11. Accused of engaging in a sexual act with the girl when she was a minor in 2013, he was charged with second-degree sexual abuse, third-degree criminal sex act and endangering the welfare of a child. (a)
12. He was 37 years old when he was arrested on March 19, 2021. (a) (b)
13. On March 20, 2021, he was arraigned in First District Court in Mineola, Nassau County. (e)

(This is a developing story. More details will be added.)

SOURCES:

• a. News 12 Bronx
• b. My Life
• c. Whitepages
• d. Patch
• e. Newsday