A transgender undocumented immigrant found guilty of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old boy in a Manhattan store restroom will not spend additional time behind bars.
Nicol Suarez, 31, accepted a plea agreement for the February 2025 incident, resulting in a sentence equivalent to the time she has already served.
The Colombian national had been incarcerated at Rikers Island since the offense, and she is set to be released when her formal sentencing occurs on April 27.
Nonetheless, it is anticipated that Suarez’s release will be brief, as prosecutors have indicated that federal authorities plan to deport her following her sentencing.
Suarez received this lenient sentence after admitting guilt to second-degree rape in Manhattan Supreme Court, confessing to the brutal act of trailing the teenager into the restroom.
Prior to this, she had been detained in Massachusetts on charges of robbery, weapons possession, and prostitution, but was released due to sanctuary city policies, according to Homeland Security officials.
The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office (DA) said the plea deal was reached following discussions with the victim’s family, as it spared the teen from having to testify about the ordeal.
The DA’s office said in a statement following Suarez’s guilty plea: ‘We expect the defendant to remain detained and be deported following sentencing, due to the felony conviction.’
Transgender illegal migrant sex attacker Nicol Suarez, 31, was handed a sentence of time served in exchange for a plea deal over the rape of a 14-year-old boy in a Manhattan bodega last year
Suarez was handed the lenient sentence after pleading guilty – but the trans attacker’s freedom will not last long, as prosecutors said they expect federal authorities to deport her back to Columbia following her sentencing next month
The sex attack unfolded on February 11, 2025, after Suarez followed the 14-year-old into a bodega after spotting him across from Thomas Jefferson Park in Harlem.
Prosecutors said Suarez stalked the teen into a bathroom in the deli before raping him.
Suarez was seen on surveillance footage calmly walking out of the bodega as she led her small puppy by a leash, per the New York Post.
The traumatized teenager flagged down bystanders on the street after the assault and Suarez was arrested the next day.
Suarez was found to be an illegal immigrant originating from Colombia and officials at US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) obtained a detainer to arrest her for deportation as soon as her criminal trial is over.
Then-Department of Homeland Security assistant secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement at the time that Suarez was only in the US because she was allowed to walk the streets under the Biden administration.
‘This creep should’ve never been released into our country,’ McLaughlin said.
‘Thanks to the failed sanctuary policies and Biden’s open-border agenda, this serial criminal was freed to prey on innocent American children – but that ends now.
The sex attack unfolded on February 11, 2025, after Suarez followed the teen into a bodega after spotting him across from Thomas Jefferson Park in Harlem. She was seen on surveillance footage calmly walking out of the bodega as she led her small puppy by a leash
Suarez was previously arrested in Massachusetts on robbery, weapons and prostitution charges, but had been released due to local sanctuary city policies
Officials said Suarez was only in the US because she was allowed to walk the streets under the Biden administration, as a DHS spokesperson said: ‘This creep should’ve never been released into our country’
‘ICE will not allow predators like Contreras-Suarez to terrorize American citizens.’
After the attack last February, a source told the New York Post that they blamed New York City’s sanctuary laws, saying: ‘ICE could just pick this person up and deport them back, but due to our sanctuary laws we can’t do anything.’
‘I feel really bad for the kid that has to go through this because his life will never be the same,’ the source added.
‘We worry about the migrants but what about the victim? This is a true victim.’
A nearby deli owner, Azid Haime, described the incident as ‘disgusting.’
‘All my body is shaking; I want to sit. I can’t explain how I feel. I’m more than angry,’ he said, adding that many young kids come to his shop from the park.
