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🚨BREAKING🚨JULY 8 NYPD OFFICER ARREST UPDATE: A New York City police officer CHARGED WITH R**E AND CHILD S*X ABUSE of a young female relative for nearly five years, beginning before she turned 13 and continuing into her teenage years.

Joshua Acosta, 39, was arrested while off duty in south Brooklyn following an investigation by the NYPD’s Internal Affairs Bureau. An 11-count criminal complaint alleges the abuse happened from September 2021 through June 2026.

Acosta faces charges that include three counts of r**e, three counts of s*xual misconduct, two counts of engaging in a course of s*xual conduct against a child and one count of acting in a manner injurious to a child. The NYPD suspended him without pay and referred the case to the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office.

Acosta joined the department in 2014 and was assigned to a unit that handles lawsuits involving police officers. His attorneys deny the allegations and say they have evidence they believe will prove his innocence. He is charged, not convicted.

A badge does not make someone safe. Neither does being a relative, family friend, teacher or respected person in the community.

Children may stay quiet because they fear nobody will believe them or think speaking up will tear their family apart. Listen calmly, save any messages or evidence, keep the child away from the accused adult and report the concern. No uniform, job title or family connection should matter more than protecting a child.

SOURCES: NYPD, NYPD Internal Affairs Bureau, Brooklyn District Attorney court filings, Gothamist/WNYC, News 12 Brooklyn, New York Post

🚨 JULY 8 SENTENCING: Four-year-old Skyler Wilson was malnourished, wrapped in a bedsheet, duct-taped face down and left restrained on the floor for hours inside his adoptive family’s Mount Airy, North Carolina, home.

Prosecutors said his adoptive father saw him tied down, did not free him and went back to work. Search warrants also alleged the couple performed “exorcisms” on Skyler and one of his siblings.

Now Joseph Paul Wilson, 45, and Jodi Ann Wilson, 42, will spend decades in prison.

The couple pleaded guilty in Surry County Superior Court to second-degree murder and child-abuse-related charges. Each was sentenced to about 32 to 40 years in prison. Both also gave up their right to appeal under the plea agreements.

The fatal restraint happened on Jan. 5, 2023.

Prosecutors said Jodi wrapped Skyler tightly in a bedsheet and used duct tape to hold him face down on the floor for several hours.

Joseph had bought duct tape and Ace bandages earlier that day to restrain the little boy.

When Joseph came home for lunch and saw Skyler tied down, he did not release him.

He went back to work.

Hours later, Jodi freed Skyler and realized som**hing was seriously wrong. She sent Joseph a photo of the child and wrote, “Hurry home, I think I have hurt him.”

Joseph called 911 and said Skyler was having a seizure. A detective said a woman could be heard in the background saying, “It’s my fault.”

Emergency workers found Skyler unresponsive and rushed him to Brenner Children’s Hospital. He never recovered. He died on Jan. 9 after he was removed from life support.

The medical examiner found that the prolonged restraint stopped Skyler from breathing properly and cut oxygen to his brain. He suffered a fatal brain injury caused by compressional and positional asphyxia.

Starvation ketoacidosis also contributed to his death. Prosecutors said Skyler was undernourished, leaving his small body even less able to survive the hours of restraint.

And the duct tape was not the only disturbing allegation inside that home.

Search warrants described food restrictions, isolation, wrist and ankle restraints and alleged “exorcisms” involving Skyler and one of his siblings. Investigators also recovered digital records and home surveillance footage that reportedly showed abuse before his death.

There had already been a warning.

A former foster parent contacted the Surry County Department of Social Services in December 2022, less than a month before Skyler died, with concerns about him and his siblings. The report reportedly included concerns about food restrictions and talk of performing exorcisms on the children.

That warning came weeks before Skyler ended up on life support.

What happened after the report reached social services has not been clearly explained in the public reporting.

The other children living inside the Wilson home were removed and placed in protective custody after investigators began examining Skyler’s death.

Skyler was four years old. He was adopted into a home that was supposed to protect him, feed him and make him feel safe.

No book, belief, punishment or so-called parenting m**hod can excuse tying a child down, restricting food or leaving a four-year-old face down for hours.

That is not discipline.

And when someone reports that a child is being restrained, underfed, isolated or subjected to frightening punishment, adults need to act. See the child in person. Ask hard questions. Keep following up. Call police when there may be immediate danger.

A child should not have to die before every warning suddenly looks obvious.

SOURCES: North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation; Surry County District Attorney’s Office; Surry County Superior Court records; WXII 12; WFMY News 2; Mount Airy News; PEOPLE