Tierney: Honduran man indicted in Amityville rape, assault case

A 32-year-old Honduran national was indicted in Suffolk County after prosecutors said he raped an unconscious man behind a dumpster outside Esperanza Deli Café in Amityville and then beat him with a large piece of wood when the victim tried to resist.

Jose Ignacio Bonilla Garcia was charged April 27, 2026, with rape in the first degree and assault in the second degree. Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney said his office would work to hold Bonilla Garcia accountable and thanked the Suffolk County Police Department, the Fort Bend District Attorney’s Office and the U.S. Marshals Service for helping bring him to justice.

According to prosecutors, Bonilla Garcia first encountered the victim at about 11:43 p.m. on March 27, 2026. The two later left the restaurant separately and spoke outside around 4 a.m., when the intoxicated victim collapsed. Bonilla Garcia allegedly dragged the unresponsive man behind a dumpster, raped him while he was unconscious and then punched him and beat him with the wood until the victim became unresponsive again, leaving him bloodied and battered in the parking lot.

A delivery driver found the victim hours later and called 911. The victim was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital, where he underwent a sexual assault examination that recovered forensic evidence. Investigators said surveillance footage also captured the assault and beating. Prosecutors said Bonilla Garcia fled the jurisdiction on a Greyhound bus.

Under New York law, rape in the first degree is a class B violent felony, while assault in the second degree is a class D felony. The case now moves forward as a violent felony prosecution in Suffolk County, with Tierney’s office casting it as part of its broader effort to confront sexual violence and other violent crime on Long Island.