Crime & Safety
Peekskill Man Charged with Sex Abuse
Police accuse Byron Summers of sexual conduct with a juvenile.

Byron C. Summers, age 31, of Peekskill, faces a charge of first degree sexual abuse, a felony.
Summers was arrested by the State Police Computer Crimes Unit and the State Police Cortlandt Bureau of Criminal Investigations, after an investigation into online activities.
Police allege that Summers subjected a juvenile to sexual contact on several occasions.
Summers was arraigned before the Hon. Reginald Johnson, City of Peekskill Court, and sent to Westchester County Jail in lieu of $50,000 bail.
He is due to reappear in Peekskill City Court Oct. 23; if convicted, he could face up to seven years in state prison.
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