4 indicted for violent robbery in Elmont

D.A. Singas charges four in violent robbery

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Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced on July 21 the indictment of four people accused of tying up, violently beating and robbing a woman in her Elmont home in May.

Alicia Campbell, 27, of Rosedale; Elizabeth Hogg, 23, of Elmont; Farianny Geraldino, 22, of the Bronx; and Brian Virola, 24, of Port Chester were each indicted on charges of first- and second-degree robbery, first- and second-degree burglary, second-degree assault, second-degree strangulation, first-degree unlawful imprisonment and fourth-degree possession of a weapon.

Campbell was arraigned July 21, with bail set by Nassau County Supreme Court Justice William Donnino at $50,000 bond or $25,000 cash. She is due back in court on Aug. 20. The three other three defendants were arraigned earlier this month. Each faces a maximum sentence of 25 years in prison if convicted of the top charge.

“These four defendants are accused of outnumbering, restraining and viciously assaulting a young woman in her own home before stealing her property, too,” Singas said. “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.”

Singas said that in the early-morning hours of May 30, Nassau County police officers from the 5th Precinct responded to an Elmont address, where they found the woman bound with wires and duct tape. She had been punched, kicked, struck with an iron, sprayed with mace and robbed of her cell phone and other personal property. Campbell, Hogg, Geraldino and Virola were arrested at the scene. The victim was treated for injuries and released.