Yona Weinberg — Flatbush, Brooklyn
A bar mitzvah tutor and licensed social worker convicted in 2009 of molesting two boys under 14 and sentenced to 13 months. A Level 3 sex offender, he left for Israel in 2014 ahead of arrest on a new misdemeanor charge.
Orthodox Jewish Convicted
- Person
- Yona Weinberg
- Role
- Bar mitzvah tutor; licensed social worker
- Institution
- Orthodox Jewish community, Flatbush, Brooklyn
- Location
- Kings County (Brooklyn), New York
- Status
- Convicted at trial (2009); sentence completed
- Sentence
- 13 months in jail (2009); Level 3 sex-offender designation
Case in brief
Tier 1 · Court-proven
Yona Weinberg, a bar mitzvah tutor and licensed social worker in Flatbush, was convicted at trial in June 2009 of molesting two boys under the age of 14. The jury convicted him on nine counts — seven of sexual abuse in the second degree and two of endangering the welfare of a child. In September 2009, Justice Guston L. Reichbach sentenced him to 13 months in jail — and used the sentencing to criticize, from the transcript as reported, a courtroom of supporters whose character letters (more than ninety) expressed no sympathy for the victims.
The record
Tier 1 · Court-proven
| Item | Record |
|---|---|
| Indictment | June 2008 (Brooklyn) |
| Conviction | June 2009 — 7 counts sexual abuse 2nd degree; 2 counts endangering the welfare of a child |
| Sentence | September 2009 — 13 months |
| Registration | Level 3 sex offender (highest risk category) |
| Release | 2010, after serving roughly a year |
Status
Sentence completed. In September 2014, as police moved to arrest him on a new misdemeanor assault charge arising from an alleged shoving incident, Weinberg left for Israel; the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office stated that if he returns to New York, he will be charged. The 2014 allegation is not a conviction and is carried here as reporting only.
Attributed allegations — not court findings
Tier 2 · Attributed allegations
Police also investigated a 2014 complaint that Weinberg had groped an 11-year-old; prosecutors declined to charge that complaint. It is recorded here as an investigated, uncharged allegation — nothing more.
Records requested & responses
This archive has not filed records requests in this case. The file rests on the published sources below and will be updated if court or institutional records are obtained, or if that changes.
Sources
- Jewish Week (October 2, 2009) — the nine counts itemized, the 13-month sentence, and the sentencing judge’s remarks from the transcript, via BishopAccountability.org: bishop-accountability.org
- Journal News (August 4, 2016) — timeline: indictment counts, conviction, Level 3 designation, 2014 departure for Israel, the District Attorney’s statement, via BishopAccountability.org: bishop-accountability.org
- Daily Beast (November 13, 2016) — nine counts; Level 3; the 2014 events, via BishopAccountability.org: bishop-accountability.org
Filed October 25, 2026, from the published sources below. Minor victims are never named or identified in this file.