What to know
- Andreas Omar was charged early Wednesday with a series of crimes, including criminal sexual act, false imprisonment, endangering the welfare of a child and more, according to Nassau County police.
- He also faces multiple criminal contempt charges for a previous unrelated incident.
- A neighbor and Commissioner Ryder said they had received several calls to the home in the past about domestic incidents, but the girl had not previously been involved.
NEW YORK — A man who barricaded himself inside a Long Island home is accused of raping and assaulting a teenage girl before the standoff with police that forced the neighborhood and nearby schools to close for hours.
Andreas Omar was charged early Wednesday with a series of crimes, including criminal sexual act, false imprisonment, endangering the welfare of a child and more, according to Nassau County police. He also faces multiple criminal contempt charges for a previous unrelated incident.
The charges came after a joint investigation revealed that he had sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl, police said.
Omar was arraigned Wednesday afternoon from his bed at Nassau University Medical Center while being treated for an undisclosed ailment, according to the Nassau County district attorney’s office. Two full protective orders were issued for Omar to stay away from the victim.
He is due back in court on Friday.
Police were called to a home in Woodbury shortly after 9 a.m. Tuesday and found a teenage girl in trouble. She was “completely naked, she came running from the back of a house, chased by another man,” Nassau Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder said.
The commissioner said the girl pointed Omar out to police before she ran into the home on Roseanne Drive. Shortly afterward, the suburban home was surrounded by police units, including heavily armed SWAT units, police said. The confrontation lasted more than seven hours.
Omar, 25, was not believed to have any weapons at the time, and investigators said he had been a squatter in a foreclosed home.
Police said the girl had been assaulted and suffered cuts and bruises to her arms. The police commissioner said it appeared the teenager had been in contact with the man before Tuesday, but did not elaborate on the nature of their relationship.
The confrontation ended when police detained Omar. A neighbor and Commissioner Ryder said they had received several calls to the home in the past about domestic incidents, but the girl had not previously been involved.
2023-11-30 05:36:54
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