(SUFFOLK COUNTY, N.Y.) – Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney today announced that George Trimigliozzi, 56, of Islip, was sentenced to two years in prison for the crimes of Promoting Prostitution and Official Misconduct, for managing a brothel in Suffolk County that was part of a criminal enterprise run by co-defendant Frank Saggio.
“It is particularly egregious when a sworn police officer abandons his duty to participate in criminal activity,” said District Attorney Tierney. “George Trimigliozzi violated public trust when he chose to manage a brothel instead of upholding the law. This prosecution dismantled a years-long criminal enterprise, and I commend my Public Corruption Bureau for holding the defendant responsible for his actions.”
According to court documents and the defendant’s admissions during his guilty plea allocution, between October 2019 and March 2021, Trimigliozzi, an 18-year veteran of the Suffolk County Police Department, served as co-manager of one of two locations that Frank Saggio, 61, of West Islip, led as a criminal enterprise that profited from the systematic promotion of prostitution in Suffolk County.
The operation included locations at 6089 Sunrise Highway in Holbrook running as Suite 3 – American Girls Spa, Suite 4 – Spa, and Suite 5 – Reiki for Healing, as well as a location in West Babylon known as the Tunnel of Love.
Trimigliozzi managed the Suite 3 Holbrook location along with co-defendant Steven Arey, a 26-year employee of the Islip School District. Trimigliozzi admitted that he abandoned his police duties on March 19, 2021, when he responded to a robbery at his brothel location, driving nearly 90 mph in his patrol car, while knowing he was unauthorized by the Suffolk County Police Department to abandon his assigned post. During his plea, Saggio admitted to operating the prostitution enterprise between October 2019 and June 2024 in Suffolk County in which he employed his co-defendants as managers. Saggio further admitted that he required sex workers to pay substantial monthly fees ranging from $6,000 (Holbrook location) to $12,000 (West Babylon location).
Dana Ciardullo, 33, of North Bellmore and Saggio’s girlfriend, managed the West Babylon location known as Tunnel of Love.
On September 12, 2025, Saggio, Trimigliozzi, Ciardullo each pleaded guilty to charges before Supreme Court Justice Timothy P. Mazzei.
Trimigliozzi pleaded guilty to charges stemming from two separate indictments. Regarding the first indictment, Trimigliozzi pleaded guilty to Promoting Prostitution in the Third Degree, a Class D felony, and Official Misconduct, a Class A misdemeanor.
Under the second indictment, Trimigliozzi pleaded guilty to Unlawful Imprisonment in the Second Degree, a Class A misdemeanor. Those charges stemmed from his unlawful imprisonment of a woman in his personal vehicle following a date in Patchogue.
Saggio pleaded guilty to Enterprise Corruption, a Class B felony. Saggio also agreed to pay $1,875,000 in forfeiture as part of his plea agreement. His sentence is pending. He is being represented by Anthony LaPinta, Esq. and Mark Lesko, Esq.
Ciardullo pleaded guilty to Promoting Prostitution in the Third Degree, a Class D felony, and is scheduled to be sentenced on December 18, 2025. She is represented by Nancy L. Bartling, Esq.
On December 1, 2025, Trimigliozzi was sentenced and remanded to two years in jail. Trimigliozzi has been terminated by the Suffolk County Police Department. He was represented by William Keahon, Esq. and Tara Laterza, Esq.
Arey was indicted and charged with Enterprise Corruption and 27 counts of Promoting Prostitution in the Third Degree. Arey’s case remains pending. He is being represented by Michael Brown, Esq.
This case was prosecuted by Deputy Bureau Chief Laura de Oliveira and Bureau Chief Kevin Ward of the Public Corruption Bureau, and the investigation was conducted by investigators assigned to the District Attorney’s Public Corruption Squad.
