(SUFFOLK COUNTY, N.Y.) – Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney today announced that a Wyandanch man, [1] 48, was found guilty after a jury trial of Course of Sexual Conduct Against a Child for repeatedly sexually abusing his daughter when she was between the ages of 12 and 14 years old.
“This 12-year-old victim was betrayed and violated by the very person who was supposed to protect her – her father,” said District Attorney Tierney. “The victim will have to live with the scars of this for the rest of her life, but I am thankful we were able to hold her father accountable for the unimaginable abuse that he inflicted upon her.”
The evidence at trial established that in 2022, when the victim was 12 years old, she moved to Suffolk County to live with her father after the out-of-state family member who had been caring for her was no longer able to do so. That summer, the defendant began sexually abusing the victim, initially framing the abuse as if he was doing something to help her. The abuse escalated and continued until April 2024, when the victim confided in her friend and one of her teachers about what was happening at home.
On April 29, 2024, defendant was arrested following an investigation by the Suffolk County Police Department.
On October 30, 2025, the defendant was convicted by a jury, heard before Acting Supreme Court Justice Karen M. Wilutis of:
- One count of Course of Sexual Conduct Against a Child in the First Degree, a Class B violent felony;
- One count of Criminal Sexual Act in the First Degree, a Class B violent felony;
- Three counts of Criminal Sexual Act in the Second Degree, Class D violent felonies;
- One count of Rape in the Second Degree, a Class D violent felony; and
- One count of Endangering the Welfare of a Child, a Class A misdemeanor.
The defendant is due back in court on December 3, 2025, and faces up to 50 years in prison. He is represented by Eon Smith, Esq.
This case is being prosecuted by Assistant District Attorneys Katherine Flinchum and Kirsten Reilly of the Child Abuse and Domestic Violence Bureau, and the investigation was conducted by Detective Michele Speed of the Suffolk County Police Department Special Victims Section.