Illegal immigrant accused of raping 5-year-old in New York

Police in Long Island, New York did just that an illegal immigrant charged about the alleged rape of a five-year-old girl.

The Nassau County Police Department on Long Island said Friday that officers arrested Wilson Castillo Diaz, 26, on Oct. 22 for the alleged assault a few days earlier.

Diaz is believed to have entered the United States illegally in 2014 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been informed of his arrest.

“This 27-year-old man didn’t wake up one day and decide, ‘I’m going to rape a five-year-old girl.’ So we believe there may be more victims,” ​​Nassau County Police Chief Patrick Ryan told reporters Friday morning.

The department said the victim was taken to the hospital for a medical evaluation after the attack on Oct. 16. No further details about the attack have been provided at this time.

Diaz, who lives in Westbury, was charged with first-degree rape, attempted first-degree rape and endangering the welfare of a child. He pleaded not guilty to all three charges.

Police said the suspect arrived in the U.S. in April 2014, crossing Texas’ Rio Grande Valley from Mexico. His nationality was not immediately clear.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) arrested Diaz at the time and he was released pending an immigration hearing. He did not show up for the hearing, the ministry said.

Newsweek reached for ICE for comment via email Friday afternoon.

Nassau County officials said at a briefing Friday that current border policies had made this possible, despite his entry into the country a decade ago.

“As we’ve seen too many times, these illegal immigrants have come here and committed very serious crimes, and they didn’t have to happen.” Republican Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman said during Friday’s briefing.

“Nassau County is not a sanctuary, and for good reason, because we are trying to keep out illegal immigrants who have not been vetted,” Blakeman added. “We don’t know who they are. We don’t know where they come from. We don’t know if they have a criminal record.”

ICE regularly releases detainees for illegal immigrants accused of other crimes. This allows the agency to take individuals into custody as soon as local police release them.

Diaz was arraigned on October 23 and was held in the Nassau County Jail on $200,000 bail. Police are asking anyone who believes they are a victim of Diaz to come forward.