Child Porn Charges: Bedford Private School Employee Arraigned

BEDFORD, NY — Former Mount Kisco Fire Chief Raymond Zaccari faces two felony child pornography charges. The Rippowam Cisqua School employee lives in Mount Kisco. He was arrested Friday.

On April 7, investigators from the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office executed a search warrant at 1 Spencer St. in Mount Kisco, Westchester County District Attorney Anthony A. Scarpino, Jr. announced Tuesday.

The warrant was based on a CyberTiplin report filed by Google.

Google stated that a person using an IP address associated with that address had uploaded an image of child pornography to an associated Google Plus Photos account. The residents at the house are Raymond Zaccari and his wife and adult daughter, prosecutors said.

Zaccari, 58, was arraigned on a Felony Complaint in Greenburgh Town Court on April 7 and charged with one count of Promoting An Obscene Sexual Performance By A Child, a class “D” Felony; and one count of Possessing An Obscene Sexual Performance By A Child, a class “E” Felony.

Zaccari is an ex-chief of the Mount Kisco Fire Department. He told investigators he is employed by the Rippowam Cisqua School in the Town of Bedford as a groundskeeper and also as a school bus driver for the district’s afterschool activities and special events.

After his arraignment, the school was contacted and informed of the arrest.

His bail was set at $25,000 cash over $50,000 bond. As a condition of his bail, he is not permitted to be around children under the age of 17.

His next court date is April 20, 2017 at the Village of Mount Kisco Justice Court.

This case is being prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Laura Forbes of the High Technology Crime Bureau.