SUFFOLK COUNTY, NY – After a jury trial, a 42-year-old man from Amityville was found guilty of sexually abusing his niece over three years, starting when she was just nine years old.
The verdict was announced by Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney.
Evidence presented at the trial demonstrated that during family visits between 2013 and 2016, the defendant repeatedly molested his niece. The abuse came to light when the victim, now 16 years old, gathered the courage to confide in her mother and later the police about the sexual assault.
The defendant was arrested in January 2021. On Thursday, the jury found him guilty of Course of Sexual Conduct Against a Child in the Second Degree, a Class D violent felony.
The defendant is due back in court for sentencing on September 14, and faces up to seven years in prison.