Cops: Farmingdale woman allegedly robbed victims met through escort ads

A Farmingdale woman faces multiple charges in connection with a string of alleged robberies of victims she met through online escort ads, according to Nassau County police.

April Summers, 35, of Conklin Street, is accused of demanding additional money upon meeting up with the victims, according to a police news release. If they didn't comply, police said, Summers would assault and kidnap them, driving the victims to a bank and "demanding large sums of money be removed and then given to her,” police said.

The robberies allegedly occurred between Nov. 8 and June 15 in areas covered by three different Nassau police precincts. In one incident, one victim was allegedly struck with an unknown blunt instrument, police said.

Summers became “violent and combative” when she was arrested by Sixth Squad detectives early Saturday at the Floral Park Motor Inn on Jericho Turnpike, police said.

She  was charged with second-degree kidnapping, first-degree robbery, three counts of second-degree robbery, two counts of third-degree robbery, second-degree assault, third-degree criminal possession of a weapon, first-degree coercion, three counts of third-degree coercion, third-degree attempted grand larceny, three counts of fourth-degree grand larceny, second-degree strangulation, three counts of second-degree unlawful imprisonment, third-degree assault, resisting arrest and second-degree harassment.

At an arraignment Sunday in Nassau First District Court bail for Summers was set at $600,000 bond or $300,000 cash, according to court records. She was represented by the Legal Aid Society of Nassau County which could not immediately be reached for comment Sunday.

By Grant Parpan

grant.parpan@newsday.com@GrantParpan

Grant Parpan covers Suffolk County courts and federal courts for Newsday. A Long Island native, he joined Newsday in 2022.