A employee at a New York state-run psychological well being facility was arrested for allegedly having sexual contact with a Lengthy Island teen who was receiving therapy after going lacking for practically a month, in accordance with courtroom data and experiences.
DeShaun McClean, 42, turned the ninth particular person charged in connection to the disturbing case after he allegedly groped the 14-year-old woman and watched her interact in sexual exercise throughout her time on the facility after she was discovered on Jan. 3, Newsday reported, citing courtroom paperwork.
The appalling conduct by the psychological well being specialist aide, of Deer Park, happened between Jan. 9 and Jan. 28, Suffolk County prosecutors reportedly alleged.
McClean was hit with two counts of felony sexual contact with an individual incapable of consent and endangering the welfare of a kid, courtroom data confirmed Tuesday.
He pleaded not responsible to the trio of misdemeanors and was launched on $5,000 bail.
An electronic mail to his listed lawyer was not instantly returned. An electronic mail to the Suffolk County District Lawyer’s Workplace was additionally not instantly returned Tuesday evening.
Video surveillance recovered on the facility supported the allegations towards McClean and the woman was interviewed by authorities on Saturday, courtroom data present, in accordance with Newsday.
The teenager, Emmarae Gervasi, vanished on Dec. 9 from her Patchogue residence earlier than she was discovered final month on a docked boat at a marina in Islip by her father, Frank Gervasi, who was performing on an nameless tip.
The proprietor of the boat, Francis Buckheit, was arrested the identical day the woman was discovered on expenses of kidnapping, rape and endangering the welfare of a kid.
Different defendants within the case embrace Kevin McDonald, 20, Alton Harrell, 63, Daniel Burke, 63, Robert Eccleston, 63, Bunice Knight, 47, Jacquelyn Comiskey, 52, and Elizabeth Hunter, 34.
McDonald, Harrell, Burke, Eccleston and Knight are all dealing with rape expenses and associated felony counts whereas Comiskey and Hunter have been charged with intercourse trafficking primarily based on the 25 days the woman was lacking.
They’ve all pleaded not responsible throughout courtroom appearances.
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