Smith Haven Mall Security Guard Accused Of Committing Sex Act While On Duty

A security guard at a Long Island mall has been accused of committing a sex act while on duty.

Smith Haven Mall in Lake Grove
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03/10/2023 9:45 a.m.

Jose Irizarry, age 33, of Holbrook, was working as a security officer on Monday, Aug. 29, 2022, when he approached a 24-year-old woman who he suspected of shoplifting. Irizarry, under the guise of escorting the woman out of the mall, Suffolk County Police said.

Irizarry then brought her into an employees-only corridor and then into a storage room, where he forced the victim to perform a sex act on him in exchange for her being allowed to leave the mall, according to police.

Suffolk County Police PD Fourth Squad detectives arrested Irizarry on Thursday, March 9, and charged him with first-degree criminal sex act.

He was held overnight at the SCPD Third Precinct and is scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on Friday, March 10.

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