Queens man indicted for trying to meet minor during undercover predator sting

Jose Quizhpi, 48 of Queens, New York was indicted by a Rockland County Grand Jury on eight  counts of Attempted Disseminating Indecent Material to Minors in the First Degree (PL  Sec. 110.00/235.22), two counts of Attempted Rape in the Third Degree (PL Sec. 110.00/130.25(4), 110.00/130.25(5)) and one count of Attempted Endangering the  Welfare of a Child (PL Sec. 110.00/260.10(1)).  

On or about and between November 5, 2024, and November 17, 2024, the defendant is believed to have  exchanged numerous text messages, photographs, and videos, which were sexually  explicit in nature, with a female child who he met online and whom he believed to be 15  years old. In fact, the defendant was communicating with an undercover investigator  from the Rockland County District Attorney’s Office who was posing as a 15-year-old  female child. Quizhpi planned to meet with the 15-year-old child to engage in sexual acts with her at a movie theater in The Town of Clarkstown. Quizhpi arrived at the theater  and was apprehended. 

District Attorney Thomas E. Walsh II said, “As alleged, the defendant in this case  knowingly engaged in sexually explicit conversations and tried to meet with an individual whom he believed to be a fifteen-year-old girl. Protecting innocent children from sexual predators who are using the internet to exploit them is a top priority for my Office and  these actions will not be tolerated. I want to stress to parents the importance of speaking with their children about the dangers of the internet, and that they should never share personal information online or engage with a stranger. We will continue to work with our partners on the local, state, and federal level to protect the innocent children of  Rockland County.”

This undercover investigation was led by the Rockland County District Attorney’s Office  Special Investigations and Special Victims Unit with the assistance of the Clarkstown Police Department and Homeland Security Investigations.