A twelfth arrest has been made within the alleged intercourse trafficking of Lengthy Island teen Emmarae Gervasi, The Publish has realized.
Daniel Soto, a 36-year-old Bay Shore man, was arrested Friday morning on expenses of second-degree rape and endangering the welfare of a kid.
Investigators accused Soto of getting intercourse with the woman someday between Dec. 13 and Dec. 20, 2024. The rape allegedly occurred on the White Cap Marine in Islip — the identical place the teenager was discovered final month a couple of 56-foot yacht.
Gervasi, 14, went lacking from her Patchogue house on Dec. 9. She was seen on surveillance video leaving her home shoeless earlier than hopping right into a automotive. An ankle bracelet she’d been sporting was discovered lower and dumped not far-off.
The woman’s father, Frank Gervasi, rescued her from the boat on Jan. 3, after receiving a tip that she was there.
Soto entered not responsible pleas at his arraignment.
Eleven others have been arrested for the roles they performed within the case, together with the boat’s proprietor, Francis Buckheit, 64, and Alton Harrell, 35, each charged with rape, youngster endangerment, and kidnapping expenses.
Bunice Knight, 47, was charged with second-degree rape, youngster endangerment, and three counts of legal sale of a managed substance. Daniel Burke, 63, and Robert Eccleston, 61, have been charged with kidnapping, rape, and youngster endangerment.
Two girls, Jacquelyn Comiskey, 52, and Elizabeth Hunter, 34, have been charged this week with intercourse trafficking and youngster endangerment.
Kevin McDonald, 20, is accused of raping the woman in a automotive the day after she vanished.
