(SUFFOLK COUNTY, N.Y.) – Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney today announced that a 60-year-old Connecticut man was sentenced to 25 years in prison after a jury found him guilty of Course of Sexual Conduct Against a Child for sexually abusing his ex-girlfriend’s daughter for five years, beginning when the child was just six years old.
“The defendant’s actions were reprehensible, and the sentence reflects the gravity of the harm done to an innocent child,” said District Attorney Tierney. “Here, the victim bravely came forward years after the abuse for justice and to prevent the abuse of others. It is never too late.”
The evidence at trial established that in September 2011, the defendant was dating the mother of the then 6-year-old victim and was staying in their home. In October 2011, the defendant began to sexually abuse the child which escalated in severity over time. The abuse ended in October 2016 when the defendant moved out of the home and went to live with his mother in Connecticut. The victim reported the abuse to police in 2021 after she told her grandmother, who encouraged her to file a report.
On December 16, 2024, the defendant was convicted of Course of Sexual Conduct in the First Degree, a Class B violent felony, after a jury trial heard before Acting County Court Judge Richard T. Dunne.
On January 17, 2025, the defendant was sentenced to 25 years in prison. He was represented by Chad LaVeglia, Esq.
This case was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorneys Ashley Moruzzi and Alexandra Raso of the Child Abuse and Domestic Violence Bureau, and the investigation was conducted by Detective Lisa Hofelich of the Suffolk County Police Department’s Special Victims Section.