Crime & Safety
DA: 4 Indicted in Brutal Beating, Robbery in Elmont
The four beat a woman with an iron, bound her with wires and duct tape, and sprayed her with mace during a robbery in May, officials said.
The last of four defendants was indicted Tuesday in the violent beating and robbery of an Elmont women in her home in May, according to the Nassau County District Attorney’s office.
Alicia Campbell, 27, of Rosedale, Elizabeth Hogg, 23, of Elmont, Farianny Geraldino, 22, of the Bronx, and Brian Virola, 24, of Port Chester, were indicted by a grand jury on felony robbery, assault, and strangulation charges, the DA said.
Campbell was arraigned Tuesday while Hogg, Geraldino, and Virola were arraigned earlier this month, officials said.
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“These four defendants are accused of outnumbering, restraining and viciously assaulting a young woman in her own home before stealing her property, too,” Acting DA Madeline Singas said in a statement. “These cruel acts against a defenseless victim are especially heinous and I commend the police who responded quickly to arrest four defendants at the scene.”
On May 30, police responded to an Elmont home where they found the 29-year-old victim “bound with wires and duct tape about her body and mouth,” the DA said. The victim had been punched, kicked, beaten with an iron, sprayed with mace, and had a cloth stuffed into her mouth before police arrived, officials said. Her cell phone and other personal items had also been stolen, the DA said.
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Campbell, Hogg, Geraldino, and Virola were arrested and charged at the scene, authorities said.
All four were charged with first-degree robbery, two counts of second-degree robbery, two counts of first-degree burglary, second-degree burglary, two counts of second-degree assault, second-degree strangulation, first-degree unlawful imprisonment, and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon, officials said.
Each defendant could face 25 years in prison if convicted, the DA said.
Geraldino and Virola are due back in court on Aug. 19. Campell is scheduled to appear Aug. 20. Hogg is set to appear in court Aug. 24.
Photos: (L-R) Alicia Campbell, Brian Virola, Elizabeth Hogg, Farianny Geraldino. Credit: NCDA
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