NYC Department of Juvenile Justice Counselor Convicted of Criminal Sexual Act and Sexual Abuse Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., today announced a guilty verdict in the trial of TONY SIMMONS, 47, a New York City Department of Juvenile Justice employee, who sexually abused females in his custody at Manhattan Family Court. A jury convicted SIMMONS of Criminal Sexual Act in the Third Degree, Sexual Abuse in the Second Degree, and Sexual Abuse in the Third Degree. “This defendant had a duty to guard and protect these teenagers,” said District Attorney Vance. “Instead, he abused the authority of his position to sexually assault girls in a situation where they were most vulnerable.”