Abraxis Employee Kito Ashton Dixon Touches Little Girls, Goes To Jail

A Cornell Abraxas mental-health aide was charged with sexually assaulting a 14-year-old resident at the center. Police said the girl, now 15, told a counselor at the Children's Advocacy Center that Kito Ashton Dixon, 29, made inappropriate comments to her and touched her breast April 11 as she was getting ready for bed at the residential rehabilitation center for troubled juveniles, at 429 W. Sixth St. 

Police said a security video from the hallway outside the girl's room showed Dixon standing at her doorway for several minutes. It also showed him entering the room but does not show what happened inside, according to a criminal complaint. The video was at the same time as when the girl said the incident occurred. 

Kito Dixon was charged Tuesday with institutional sexual assault, indecent assault and corruption of minors. He has been released from the Erie County Prison on $7,500 bond. Messages left at Cornell Abraxas were not returned.

April 21, 2010 Erie Times-News
A former Cornell-Abraxas mental-health aide was sentenced this morning in Erie County Court to serve six to 20 months in the Erie County Prison for having indecent contact with a 14-year-old resident at the center. Kito Dixon, 30, must also serve also serve six years probation and pay court costs, Judge Ernest J. DiSantis Jr. said. 

The sentence in Erie County Court came after Dixon pleaded no contest in March to charges that he had indecent contact with a female resident at the center in April 2009, and, in a separate case, pleaded no contest to charges that he drove his car into a yard toward three people on June 12.

March 6, 2010 Erie Times-News
A former Cornell Abraxas mental-health aide pleaded no contest Friday in Erie County Court to charges that he had indecent contact with a 14-year-old resident at the center. Kito Dixon, 30, did not contest counts of indecent assault and corruption of minors. In exchange for his plea, the prosecution dropped a third-degree felony charge of institutional sexual assault. Cornell Abraxas is a licensed residential facility for children and youth located at 429 W. Sixth St. As a part of the plea, Dixon agreed to undergo an assessment by the Erie County Adult Probation sexual offender group. In a separate case, he also pleaded no contest to three counts of simple assault. He admitted he drove his car into a yard toward three people on June 12. The charges together carry a maximum possible penalty of up to 15 years in prison and a $35,000 fine. 

Erie County Judge John Garhart set sentencing for April 21. Police said a girl, now 15, told a counselor at the Children's Advocacy Center that Dixon made inappropriate comments to her and touched her breast April 11 as she was getting ready for bed at the residential rehabilitation center for troubled juveniles. Police said a security video from the hallway outside the girl's room showed Dixon standing at her doorway for several minutes. It also showed him entering the room but does not show what happened inside, according to a criminal complaint. The video was at the same time as when the girl said the incident occurred.