Two Lengthy Island girls have been arrested for his or her roles within the month-long disappearance of 14-year-old Emmarae Gervasi — growing the variety of suspects within the case to seven.
Suffolk County police charged Jacquelyn Comiskey, 52, and Elizabeth Hunter, 34, with intercourse trafficking and endangering the welfare of a kid on Monday, in accordance with court docket data considered by The Publish.
Comiskey allegedly transported Gervasi to Bunice Knight’s Copiague dwelling on Jan. 2 — a day earlier than the teenager was discovered on a ship — in alternate for crack cocaine, Newsday reported.
She claims to be a loving grandmother on her Instagram web page, in accordance with Better Lengthy Island.
Hunter’s alleged connection to the case stems from an incident on Dec. 13, court docket data present.
The 2 girls appeared at Suffolk County First District Court docket in Central Islip Tuesday the place they pleaded not responsible to the costs.
A decide set each their bails at $750,000.
Hunter is going through an extra cost for selling an obscene intercourse efficiency by a baby underneath 17. She pleaded not responsible.
She additionally faces an unrelated petit larceny case from Aug. 9, 2024, through which she entered a not-guilty plea.
The teenager first went lacking from her Patchogue dwelling at round 5 p.m. on Dec. 9. when she jumped right into a automotive allegedly pushed by Francis Buckheit.
A court-ordered ankle monitor the teenager was sporting was discovered lower off a block away from the house.
Safety cameras captured her knocking on doorways at a Bohemia motel the subsequent day, however she disappeared once more.
The teenager was discovered aboard a 56-foot boat owned by Buckheit and docked at a marina in Islip on Jan. 3.
Her father, Frank Gervasi – utilizing an nameless tip – busted onto the boat and rescued his daughter.
After discovering his daughter, Gervasi claimed his daughter was a sufferer of intercourse trafficking.
Buckheit was arrested on Jan. 3 when he drove as much as the dock drunk.
He was charged with kidnapping, rape and endangering the welfare of a kid.
Ten days later, Knight was arrested and charged with rape and endangering the welfare of a kid.
Frank Gervasi reacted to the information of Knight’s arrest in a Fb publish.
“What occurs at midnight will come to the sunshine as I mentioned time and again.”
Three different males have additionally been charged within the case.
Alton Harrell, 63, was arrested on Jan. 17, whereas Daniel Burke, 63, and Robert Eccleston, 63, have been arrested on Jan. 24.
Harrell was linked to the case with an incident that occurred on Dec. 9, whereas Burke and Eccleston are suspected of crimes dedicated on Dec. 10.
They have been all charged with kidnapping, rape and endangering the welfare of a kid.
All seven defendants have pleaded not responsible to their prices associated to the case.
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