Overview
- DHS and Suffolk County officials highlighted the case this week as an example of local–federal coordination to keep a suspect in custody.
- After an initial child-endangerment charge that did not allow bail, prosecutors used a desk-appearance ticket — a release slip that sets a court date — so ICE could arrest him as he left the precinct.
- Authorities say rape-kit DNA linked Carlos Aguilar Reynoso, 27, to the attack while he was babysitting, and the child needed surgery for internal injuries.
- Prosecutors have now charged him with predatory sexual assault and related counts, and he faces 25 years to life if convicted.
- ICE later transferred him back to Suffolk County to face the charges, and an immigration judge issued a final removal order last week as officials press arguments against New York’s sanctuary and bail rules.