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David Reese Teen Rapes 9 Year Old Niece On Train
Published: May 23, 2004 - 11:08 PM
The sicko teen charged with raping and sodomizing his 9-year-old niece aboard a crowded Long Island Rail Road train as her 3-year-old brother sat a few feet away was ordered held on $200,000 bail yesterday. David Reese, 19, of Brentwood, kept his head bowed and refused to say a word as he was led out of his arraignment - a day after the alleged attack aboard a westbound Wyandanch-to-Hicksville train.
I can't believe this! I don't believe it's true!" his devastated godmother Gwen Player told The Post. "He was a very quiet boy and was never in any kind of trouble."
Reese, who has no previous criminal record, was busted Tuesday night as he rode the train with his niece and her brother, baby-sitting them as his family said he often did.
As the trio sat at the end of the car, which contained about 30 other passengers, the teen moved the boy to the seat in front of him so he couldn't see anything, then proceeded to rape and sodomize the girl, cops said.
"They were sitting in regular seats right out in the open," said Nassau Detective Lt. Kevin Smith.
MTA Sgt. Nzingha Kellman, who was on her way to work at Grand Central Terminal and in a seat across the aisle, noticed something amiss and went to investigate.
She quickly pulled Reese off the girl and called for backup, which arrived at the next stop in Farmingdale. Police would not provide details about the attack or say whether the girl had cried out for help.
Reese's lawyer Frank DiPietro said his client "categorically denies the allegations."
Reese, who has no previous criminal record, was busted Tuesday night as he rode the train with his niece and her brother, baby-sitting them as his family said he often did.
As the trio sat at the end of the car, which contained about 30 other passengers, the teen moved the boy to the seat in front of him so he couldn't see anything, then proceeded to rape and sodomize the girl, cops said.
"They were sitting in regular seats right out in the open," said Nassau Detective Lt. Kevin Smith.
MTA Sgt. Nzingha Kellman, who was on her way to work at Grand Central Terminal and in a seat across the aisle, noticed something amiss and went to investigate.
She quickly pulled Reese off the girl and called for backup, which arrived at the next stop in Farmingdale. Police would not provide details about the attack or say whether the girl had cried out for help.
Reese's lawyer Frank DiPietro said his client "categorically denies the allegations."
