Patchogue man sentenced for sexually abusing kids at wife's day care center

A Patchogue man was sentenced on Thursday to 20 years in prison for sexually abusing children at his wife's unlicensed day care center, Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney announced.

Angel Tacuri, 53, pleaded guilty to six counts of sexually abusing children who were ages 3 to 10 at the time of the abuse. In addition to 20 years in prison, Suffolk County Court Judge Karen Wilutis sentenced Tacuri to 20 years of post-release supervision.

“This defendant took the innocence of small children and traumatized them in the process to satisfy his depraved desires and that is something they will never have back,” Tierney said in a news release. “This extensive sentence guarantees the defendant will no longer be able to harm any more children and ensures he will be monitored for years after he is released from prison.”

Tacuri sexually abused eight children at his wife’s day care center from 2010 through 2015, according to Tierney’s office. After he was charged last year with abusing six children, two more victims came forward, the district attorney’s office said.