The 14-year-old, because of his juvenile status, faces a maximum of 10 years behind bars.
Highlights
- The suspect is a 14-year-old youth, police say.
- The victim, 23, was strangled, stabbed, robbed and brutally raped on April 19.
- Police say the video they distributed of the perpetrators led to tips and eventually a DNA profile that matched the violent rape scene.
- The suspect was arraigned and, because of his juvenile status, faces a maximum of 10 years in prison.
- The hunt for an accomplice of the alleged rapist remains at large, sources say they know who they are looking for.
- The victim has been released from the hospital and has moved from the Mastic Beach home where she was brutally raped and strangled.