Rape Victim Dialed 911 With Tongue While Hands Bound

DiamondSmiles · #1 ● 12-13-2012, 08:06 PM

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A woman raped in a Long Island, NY, home used her tongue to dial 911 while her hands were bound with duct tape, officials say.

The woman was house-sitting last month for a friend when she was brutally attacked, said James Chalifoux, of the Suffolk County Major Crimes Bureau. Chalifoux said the woman managed to place the 911 call about 10 minutes after the hour-long assault ended.

The woman and her alleged attacker did not know each other, according to Newsday, which first reported the assault.

Patrick O'Sullivan, 20, pleaded not guilty to charges stemming from the attack, including predatory sexual assault, rape, criminal sexual act, sexual abuse, burglary, and two counts of criminal use of firearm.

O'Sullivan allegedly entered the home through an unlocked kitchen door at approximately 11 p.m. on November 20, according to Chalifoux. When the woman discovered O'Sullivan, he pointed a loaded .22-caliber rifle at her, Chalifoux said.

Chalifoux said police seized O'Sullivan's car and recovered a rifle, as well as items taken from the house where the alleged assault took place, including female undergarments.

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An East Moriches man who Suffolk prosecutors said raped, humiliated and terrorized a woman for nearly an hour in a Stony Brook house last month was indicted by a Suffolk grand jury Wednesday for rape and other charges.

Patrick O'Sullivan, 20, of 11 Beverly Lane, pleaded not guilty to 10 charges, including raping a woman who prosecutors said was housesitting for a friend.

Assistant District Attorney James Chalifoux said O'Sullivan entered the house through an unlocked kitchen door about 11 p.m. on November 20. He wore a mask and pointed a loaded .22-caliber Mossberg rifle at the woman, who was alone.

At one point during the attack, which lasted about 45 minutes, Chalifoux said O'Sullivan went from room to room and rummaged through intimate garments belonging to the female occupants of the house.

"At some point, he threw underwear at the victim and told her to put it on," Chalifoux said.

Once O'Sullivan left, the woman, whose hands were tied behind her back with duct tape, had to use her tongue to dial 911, according to Chalifoux.

Authorities said O'Sullivan and the woman are strangers. However, they said he targeted the house.

"He had some knowledge of the family that lived at that home," Sixth Precinct Det. Lt. William Burke said at the time of O'Sullivan's arrest.

The 10-count indictment against O'Sullivan included rape, predatory sexual assault, criminal use of a fire arm and burglary.

Suffolk County Court Judge Barbara Kahn rejected prosecutors' request that she set bail at $1 million cash and $5 million bond. The judge, instead, set bail at $250,000 cash and $1 million bond. As of Wednesday afternoon, O'Sullivan remained behind bars.