Cop, teacher among 4 accused of running multiple brothels on Long Island

A nationalist schoolhouse teacher and a constabulary serviceman are among 4 radical indicted for allegedly moving aggregate brothels connected Long Island for astir 4 years, officials announced Tuesday.

A yearslong probe led by the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office determined that George Trimigliozzi, an 18-year seasoned of the Suffolk County Police Department and Steven Arey,  a 26-year worker of the Islip School District, were portion of a “criminal endeavor that profited from the systematic promotion of prostitution astatine 2 locations successful Suffolk County.”

All 4 members of the endeavor — which besides includes its alleged leader, 60-year-old Frank Saggio, and his girlfriend, 53-year-old Dana Ciardullo — are accused of promoting prostitution “by hiring enactment workers, collecting proceeds of prostitution from enactment workers known arsenic ‘house fees,’ and posting advertisements seeking patrons of prostitution.”

According to investigators, Trimigliozzi and Arey served arsenic managers astatine a gathering successful Holbrook that was known arsenic the American Girls Spa.

Two different brothels astatine that aforesaid gathering — Spa “Suite 4” and Reiki for Healing “Suite 5” — were allegedly tally by Saggio, portion Ciardullo allegedly served arsenic manager for a determination successful West Babylon known arsenic the Tunnel of Love.

“It is simply a bittersweet time successful instrumentality enforcement erstwhile a nationalist servant is arrested,” Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney said Tuesday erstwhile announcing the indictments, which helium described arsenic a “long-term signifier of organized transgression enactment and a shocking betrayal of nationalist trust.”

Prosecutors said the probe besides uncovered that successful March 2021 a enactment idiosyncratic called Trimigliozzi, successful his capableness arsenic manager of the brothel, to study that a lawsuit had been robbed astatine the American Grils Spa and that they had already called 911.

Trimigliozzi, who was connected work arsenic a constabulary serviceman astatine the time, “allegedly abandoned his assigned station successful the Third Precinct without support from the constabulary section and drove astatine a velocity nearing 90 miles per hr successful his marked patrol car to the brothel successful Holbrook,” the territory attorney’s bureau said.

He past allegedly falsified paperwork with the constabulary section by not disclosing his unauthorized effect to the American Girls Spa.

All 4 defendants look charges of endeavor corruption and promoting prostitution. Trimigliozzi is besides charged with falsifying concern records, authoritative misconduct and offering a mendacious instrumentality for filing, portion Saggio faces further enactment trafficking charges.

Trimigliozzi was suspended without wage by the Suffolk County Police Department successful August 2024 “for behaviour unrelated to the charges successful this indictment,” Tierney said astatine a quality league Tuesday afternoon.

Arey, who teaches carnal acquisition astatine Islip High School, was placed connected permission pursuing his arrest, the Daily Voice reported.

Saggio was held connected a $500,000 bond, portion the different 3 were held connected a $50,000 bond.

They are each owed backmost successful tribunal connected Dec. 9 and look up to 25 years successful situation if convicted.