Officials: Ridge Foster Father Acquitted Of 17 Counts of Alleged Sex Crimes
Riverhead, NY - May 2, 2017 - On the seventh day of deliberations, a jury in Riverhead has acquitted ex-foster father Cesar Gonzales-Mugaburu of all charges in a 17-count indictment.
At approximately 11:30 this morning, the jury informed Judge Barbara Kahn that they came to a verdict.
The indictment alleged Mugaburu, 60, of Ridge, committed the crimes from 1996 to 2015; the nearly two-decade period the defendant operated a therapeutic foster home for children who had intellectual disabilities or psychiatric issues.
The trial began March 29.
Deliberations started on Monday, April 24.