A Roosevelt man has been arrested for allegedly having multiple sexual encounters that occurred between March of 2022 and September 12, 2025 in Jericho.
According to Nassau County detectives from the Special Victims Squad, Steven Harrison, 62 of 58 Powell Street, was a van driver employed by the Association for the Help of Retarded Children (AHRC). Beginning on March 2022, while driving a female victim home as part of his route. Harrison would stop at the parking lot of the Home Depot located at 86 Jericho Turnpike and allegedly have inappropriate sexual contact with the female victim, who was 24 years old at the time.
On September 18, 2025, the victim, who is now 27 years old, informed a family member of the encounters and they reported the incidents to police. After conducting a thorough investigation, Harrison was placed under arrest without incident on September 23, 2025 at the AHRC located at 189 Wheatley Road in Brookville.
Police charged Harrison with Rape in the Third Degree, Endangering Welfare of an Incompetent Physically Disabled Person in the First Degree and Sexual Abuse in the Second Degree. He was scheduled to be arraigned on September 24 at First District Court in Hempstead.
Anyone who believes they may have also been a victim by the defendant is asked to contact Nassau County Special Victims Squad at 516-573-4022 or dial 911. All callers will remain anonymous.