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The 33-year-old Huntington Station man, who prosecutors did not name to protect the child’s identity, was found guilty of assault and related charges by a Suffolk County jury on Friday, Feb. 28.
Investigators determined that the defendant was babysitting his girlfriend’s daughter while she went to work and ran errands in February 2024 when he assaulted the child, leaving significant bruises on her body, according to the Suffolk County DA’s office.
After the girl’s mother discovered the bruises, the child began vomiting profusely and was unable to stand or respond to her. Her mother brought her to the emergency room at Huntington Hospital, where doctors determined she was in critical condition.
The girl was then transferred to Cohen Children’s Medical Center, where she underwent surgery to repair life-threatening injury to her small intestine, caused by “significant blunt force trauma,” prosecutors said.
In court Friday, a Suffolk County jury convicted the defendant of three counts of felony assault and one count of endangering the welfare of a child, a misdemeanor.
He faces up to 25 years in prison when he’s sentenced in April.
“A defenseless two-year-old child was left in critical condition after enduring horrific injuries caused by this defendant under circumstances evincing his depraved indifference to her life,” said Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond Tierney.
“No parent should ever come home to find their child in such a state, and no child should ever have to endure such heinous abuse. We thank the jury for their time and attention in this case, and we will be seeking the maximum penalty allowable under the law at the defendant’s sentencing.”
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