Further to the indictment of a Bronx man in September 2021 for sexually abusing a four-year-old boy in Belmont in 2020, as reported, on Monday, Dec. 6, Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark appealed to anyone who may also have been victimized, or who may have information about other victims of alleged sexual abuse by the same Bronx man, to contact the police.

The defendant, Eric Montes, 48, of Webster Avenue in the Belmont section of the Bronx was charged with predatory sexual assault of a child in the first, second, and third-degree under the Criminal Sexual Act, first and second-degree sexual abuse, sexual misconduct, and endangering the welfare of a child. He was arraigned before Bronx Supreme Court Justice Efrain Alvarado on September 28, 2021. Montes was remanded in custody. If convicted of the top charge, he faces a maximum sentence of life in prison.

According to the investigation, on Oct. 1, 2020, the four-year-old victim and his mother, who did not know Montes, went to the Montes’ apartment to visit his roommate, who the victim’s mother had met on social media. While the mother was in another room with Montes’ roommate, the defendant allegedly brought the child into his bedroom in the middle of the night and sexually assaulted him. The child told his mother and another family member about the incident. Montes was arrested on July 27, 2021, as reported.

Since Montes’ arrest, investigators have acquired information leading to the possibility there have been other child victims. Anyone who may have been a victim of this defendant or who has information about other potential victims is encouraged to call the NYPD Bronx Child Abuse Squad at (929) 265-3638.