(Marcy, NY – March 29, 2013) Major Rodney W. Campbell of the New York State Police and Chief Deputy Dean Obernesser of the Oneida County Child Advocacy Center, announce the arrest of 37-year- old Aweys K. Shakunda of 730 Noyes Street in Utica for one count of Predatory Sexual Assault Against a Child, and one count of second-degree Rape.
It is alleged that Shakunda sexually assaulted two separate victims over the course of a year. Shakunda was arrested on March 20 and arraigned in Utica city Court and remanded to the Oneida County Jail with no bail.
The investigation was conducted by State Police Investigator Todd Gran
t, who is currently assigned to the Oneida County Child Advocacy Center, and a Oneida County CPS worker who in conjunction were able to have the victim’s disclose information which subsequently led investigators to Aweys Shakundas’ arrest.
The Oneida County Child Advocacy Center is a multi-agency, multi-disciplinary team that fights child abuse by providing a wide range of services for child victims, while also aggressively pursuing the offenders of these crimes.