newsday.com
LONG ISLAND, New York -- Two men pleaded not guilty Thursday in the abduction and gang rape of a teenage girl in Central Islip as police sought a third suspect, authorities said.
Leonides Bonilla, 26, and Ariel Mejia, 17, both of Central Islip, were arrested following the May 5 attack, which happened shortly after midnight.
"It was Mejia who allegedly abducted the 17-year-old female at knifepoint," said Robert Clifford, a spokesman for District Attorney Thomas Spota. "She was taken to the rear of a building on Carleton Avenue and raped by both men."
A third man was involved, Clifford said. "All three attacked her sexually."
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Mejia is a native of Honduras and Bonilla is a native of El Salvador, Clifford said. Federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement requested that the two men be held for an investigation by its law enforcement agency in the event that either man posts bail, Clifford said.
Posted by tyne at May 19, 2007