Frank Saggio, George Trimigliozzi, Steven Arey and Dana Ciardullo were accused of enterprise corruption and promoting prostitution, among other charges, for allegedly running multiple brothels in Suffolk County, the DA said.
According to the investigation, between October and June , Saggio was allegedly the leader of a criminal enterprise that profited from the systematic promotion of prostitution at two locations in Suffolk County, the DA said. According to the DA, all of the defendants allegedly unlawfully promoted prostitution by hiring sex workers, collecting proceeds of prostitution from sex workers known as "house fees," and posting advertisements seeking patrons of prostitution.
On March 19, , a sex worker called Trimigliozzi who was working as a manager at American Girls Spa and reported that a customer had been robbed while waiting for prostitution services, the DA said. The sex worker also called and told Trimigliozzi that police were on their way to the spa, Tierney said. Because he was on duty as a police officer at the time, he abandoned his assigned post in the Third Precinct without permission from the police department and drove around 90 miles per hour in his marked patrol car to the brothel in Holbrook, which was located in the Fifth Precinct, the DA said.
Trimigliozzi then falsified paperwork with the police department and did not disclose his unauthorized response to the American Girls Spa in Holbrook, the DA said. Meanwhile, Saggio required that sex workers engage in prostitution and pay him a minimum amount of money each month, the DA said. However, I made a commitment to this country that no one is above the law, and that includes those who are supposed to embody the best of public service," said Tierney.
On Oct. Mazzei, the DA said. Saggio, 60, of West Islip, was charged with one count of enterprise corruption, a Class B felony; two counts of sex trafficking, a Class B felony; and 51 counts of third-degree promoting prostitution, a Class D felony, the DA said. He is represented by Anthony LaPinta, who was not immediately available for comment. Trimigliozzi, 55, of Islip, was charged with one count of enterprise corruption, a Class B felony; 13 counts of third-degree promoting prostitution, Class D felonies; two counts of first-degree falsifying business records, Class E felonies; one count of first-degree offering a false instrument for filing, a Class E felony; and one count of official misconduct, a Class A misdemeanor, the DA said.
