LI Imam Pleads Guilty To Attempted Rape: Court Docs

WEST BABYLON, NY — A Long Island man and former imam at JFK Airport who was arrested and charged with attempted rape in December has pleaded guilty, according to New York State eCourts documents.

Ahmet Yuceturk, 42, of West Babylon, a former imam at JFK Airport's multi-faith chapel, pleaded guilty in Bronx Criminal Court on Thursday, for charges of attempted rape, attempted criminal sex act, attempted obscenity, and criminal possession of a weapon, the NYPD said.

On December 13, Yuceturk was featured on NY CREEPS SPOTLIGHT, a civilian sting operation that exposes pedophiles on YouTube. The channel lures and unveils online child predators, police said.

According to FM, the channel's creator, Yuceturk sexted who he thought was a 14-year-old girl through the dating app, Whisper. Yuceturk used a different picture and name, FM said, and after learning the age of the fictional girl, displayed interest of wanting to be her father, writing "incestual" texts and describing various sex acts he wanted to partake in with her, the YouTube report said.

"I'm your long-lost Dad", one text wrote, according to Yuceturk's criminal complaint. "Call me Daddy while I F**k the s**t out of you."

Yuceturk is married and has children, his lawyer confirmed.

FM told Patch that he used a consensual decoy, "Emmie", for the fictional girl's photos. Yuceturk and the decoy talked on the phone several times, he said, claiming that all of the calls were recorded.

Yuceturk and the girl planned to meet up on the night of December 13 at an apartment building in the Bronx, after about a month of talking, FM said. In the 17-minute YouTube video, FM filmed Yuceturk, questioning why he came to the building.

His next appearance in court is July 27.