14-year-old boy indicted in violent rape of woman in Long Island home

A 14-year-old boy was indicted for allegedly raping a younger mom inside her Lengthy Island dwelling final month after which slashing the girl with a switchblade when she tried to defend her daughter, officers introduced Tuesday.

The teenager – whose identify was not disclosed – is accused of breaking right into a Mastic Seashore dwelling on April 19 with an confederate and sexually assaulting and strangling a 23-year-old mom in entrance of her 4-year-old daughter, the Suffolk County District Lawyer’s workplace alleges.

Then when the mother tried to guard her baby, the teenage assailant slashed her face with a switchblade after which stabbed her chest with it, prosecutors allege.

A 14-year-old boy was charged with allegedly raping and slashing a 23-year-old mom in her Mastic Seashore, Lengthy Island dwelling on April 19, 2022.

Suffolk County Police

Surveillance footage of the suspect and an confederate launched by Suffolk County Police.

Suffolk County Police

The mom acquired stitches and staples to her head, face and chest space, the DA’s workplace mentioned.

“Apart from the acute violence of the legal exercise, what makes this case so surprising is the age of the defendant who's accused of committing such callous and violent crimes,” District Lawyer Raymond Tierney mentioned in a press release. “It's changing into more and more widespread to listen to of violent instances like this involving minors because the perpetrators of such vicious acts.”

Prosecutors say that the teenager confessed to the housebreaking and submitted his DNA which matched DNA discovered on the sufferer.

The suspect is being charged as a juvenile and faces as much as 10 years in jail.

Suffolk County Police

The teenager pleaded not responsible to rape, legal sexual act, assault, housebreaking, sexual abuse, strangulation and endangering the welfare of a kid in Suffolk County Supreme Courtroom Tuesday. He was held with out bail.

He's being charged as a juvenile, which is why prosecutors aren't releasing the defendant’s identify.

The teenager faces as much as ten years behind bars if convicted. The confederate continues to be at massive.

The defendant’s lawyer Christopher Gioe advised The Publish by e mail: “My consumer maintains his innocence and denies these prices.

“We’re simply starting our investigation into these allegations now and intend on preventing the fees.”

Gioe mentioned he couldn’t go into additional element due to his consumer’s age.