Transgender migrant,30, allegedly followed a boy into a bathroom accused of raping appeared in court
Nicol Suarez, 30, allegedly followed the boy into a bathroom at Thomas Jefferson Park in East Harlem back in February at around midday, police told the Daily Mail.
A transgender migrant appeared in court yesterday after being arrested for raping a 14-year-old boy in a park bathroom.
Suarez wore head-to-toe beige prison garb and a full face of makeup as she stuck her nose up at her court appearance on Thursday.
She scowled as officers led her into the courtroom, her expression even more pronounced due to her heavy contour, penned eyebrows and bright pink lip.
As she sat down for the court proceedings, Suarez’s neck tattoo peaked out from underneath her beige crewneck.
She had spent the entire day waiting in Department of Corrections custody after the building was put on lockdown due to unknown reasons.
Suarez required an interpreter to understand the proceedings as the two sides went back and forth over the status of her case, a court attendee reported.
Her lawyer asked for more time to file her motions, but Judge Michele Rodney declined the request.
After 10 minutes of deliberation, the Judge set a date for a pre-trial hearing in mid-September and Suarez was escorted back to the holding cells.
The accused rapist is being housed at Rikers Island, a large jail complex in New York City, located on a 413-acre island between the Bronx and Queens in the East River.
Originally from Colombia, Suarez was also wanted in New Jersey and Massachusetts and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement had a detainer on her.
After her alleged crime in February, a source told the New York Post that they blamed New York City’s sanctuary laws for the attack and said: ‘ICE could just pick this person up and deport them back, but due to our sanctuary laws we can’t do anything.’
