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Prospect Park Skating Rink Worker Had Sex With Minors in Philippines: Feds

By  Rachel Holliday Smith and Ben Fractenberg | October 20, 2016 5:44pm 

 A Prospect Park skating rink worker was charged with sleeping with underage girls in the Philippines.
A Prospect Park skating rink worker was charged with sleeping with underage girls in the Philippines.
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CROWN HEIGHTS — A Prospect Park skating rink maintenance worker was charged Wednesday with sleeping with underage girls in the Philippines and paying a teenage brother and sister to engage in sexual acts on webcam, according to court papers and sources.

Jeffrey Robinson admitted to FBI agents that he most recently had sex with at least three underage girls during a trip from April to June 2015, federal prosecutors said.

Investigators later searched his computer and found child pornography, including a video where he paid 13 and 14-year-old Filipino siblings 1,200 pesos to engage in sexual acts with each other.

Yahoo’s Electronic Crimes Investigative Team first alerted investigators in January about the suspicious activity on its messenger and email services.

The feds investigated the accounts and then interviewed Robinson on Aug. 11, when he admitted to having sex with minors, according to court documents.

The City Parks Department said they were aware of the arrest and were reaching out to the rink to review their hiring practices. 

Robinson was arraigned in Brooklyn federal court on Thursday and held on $100,000 bail, according to court records and Daily News report