Crime & Safety
Police: Hampton Bays Man Arrested in Pennsylvania For Over 30 Offenses
The man was charged with 13 felonies and 18 misdemeanors including: rape, strangulation, coercion and more.
A Hampton Bays man was arrested on Tuesday for over 30 offenses, including felony charges of rape, strangulation and coercion, according to Southampton Town Police.
Southampton Town Police, the U.S. Marshal Service, Pennsylvania State Police, Scranton Police, and Pocono Mountain Regional Police arrested Justin Suarez, 27, after an investigation led authorities to his home in Pennsylvania, according to police.
Suarez was returned to New York after an extradition hearing and was arraigned in District Court on Thursday, police said.
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He was charged with a 34 count indictment with charges including, rape, second degree strangulation, coercion, attempted assault, criminal contempt, and cruelty to animals, according to police.
The charges included a total of 13 felonies and 18 misdemeanors, police said.
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Police did not specify where the crimes took place.
Suarez was held on $1 million bond of $500,000 cash bail.
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