Update* State Police Arrest Five Following Multi-Day Child Exploitation Investigation in Fishkill

The New York State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) in Wappinger, in coordination with the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, the FBI Hudson Valley Safe Streets Task Force, and the Town of Fishkill Police Department, arrested five individuals following a two-day child exploitation investigation in the Town of Fishkill involving attempts to arrange sexual encounters with persons they believed to be minors.

On May 28, 2026, the following arrests were made:

• Jaime M. Lucero Giron, 27, of New Windsor, New York, was arrested and charged with Attempted Rape in the 2nd Degree, a Class E Felony.
• Gerber Chub Flores, 26, of Newburgh, New York, was arrested and charged with Attempted Rape in the 2nd Degree, a Class E Felony, and Patronizing a Person for Prostitution in the 2nd Degree, a Class E Felony.

On May 29, 2026, the following arrests were made: 

• Edwin Rutilo Soriano, 22, of Hopewell Junction, New York, was arrested and charged with Attempted Rape in the 2nd Degree, a Class E Felony, and Patronizing a Person for Prostitution in the 2nd Degree, a Class E Felony.
• Frank A. Martinez, 21, of Wappinger, New York, was arrested and charged with Attempted Rape in the 2nd Degree, a Class E Felony.
• David W. Pawlikowski, 43, of Hyde Park, New York, was arrested and charged with Attempted Rape in the 2nd Degree, a Class E Felony, and Patronizing a Person for Prostitution in the 2nd Degree, a Class E Felony.

All subjects were arraigned in the Town of Fishkill Court and remanded to the Dutchess County Justice and Transition Center in lieu of $50,000 cash bail, $200,000 bond, or $400,000 partially secured bond.

The New York State Police are asking anyone with information regarding these individuals or possible additional victims to contact New York State Police at (845) 677-7300.