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After Raping 6-Year-Old, Centereach Man Gave Victim 'Pocket Change,' DA Says
A Long Island man is facing more than a decade in prison after admitting that he raped a 6-year-old girl.
Jose Romero, age 34, of Centereach, pleaded guilty to first-degree rape in Suffolk County Court on Wednesday, April 12.
According to prosecutors, Romero sexually abused the child in October 2021, and then gave her “pocket change” and told her not to tell her parents.
The girl immediately reported the abuse to her parents, who then contacted police. She was taken to Stony Brook University Hospital, where a sexual assault examination linked Romero’s DNA to the crime, prosecutors said.
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