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March 21, 2005
Child Sodomy Suspect Confesses To More Abuse
March 21, 2005 [Associated Press]
NEW YORK -- A man who was charged with raping and sodomizing seven children in Queens has confessed to assaulting more children, authorities said.
Michael Flory, 48, was arraigned Friday on five charges of rape, criminal sexual acts and sexual abuse against five girls and two boys aged between 7 and 11 years old. Some of them lived near Flory's former home in College Point section of Queens.
He allegedly raped, sodomized and otherwise sexually abused the children in his home and in his van between March 1 and March 11.
He was arrested when one of alleged victims reported being abused, police and prosecutors said. Other parents who lived near Flory's former home in College Point, Queens, spoke to their children and discovered they also had been abused.
Authorities are also investigating whether he assaulted any of the three children he has with his wife, with whom he lives in West Hempstead in Long Island.
Police officials said Flory, an unemployed auto mechanic admitted the additional crimes when he was questioned after being arrested. It was unclear how many other children may be involved in the assaults.
He faces first-degree rape and other charges and could face as many as 50 years in prison if convicted.
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