DA: Bay Shore man admits sexually abusing unconscious women

A Bay Shore man pleaded guilty to sexually abusing women while they were unconscious, Suffolk County prosecutors said.

Raul Guaman, who was 43 when he was arrested in November, pleaded guilty to first-degree criminal sexual act; second-degree burglary, sexually motivated; second-degree burglary; two counts of third-degree sexual abuse; first-degree sexual abuse; four counts of second-degree unlawful surveillance; and an infraction for failing to stop at a stop sign, prosecutors said in a news release.

Guaman could face up to 25 years in prison when he is sentenced, prosecutors said.

“This defendant took advantage of multiple women and violated them in the most brutal way,” county district attorney Ray Tierney said in a statement. “The acts he has admitted to have committed on the victims have caused them irreparable trauma. He will now have to account for his actions after admitting he committed these disgusting acts.”

Suffolk police, who were investigating a home burglary and sex abuse in the village of Brightwaters, recovered a home surveillance video showing that on Nov. 14, Guaman broke into the residence and his car was parked nearby, prosecutors said. On Nov. 18, police spoke to Guaman, who admitted to breaking into the home, and entering a bedroom where he sexually abused a female who was sleeping, prosecutors said.

Prosecutors said Guaman, who worked as a construction worker and posed as a ride-share driver at the time, allowed police to search his cellphone and found he had photos of driver’s licenses of young women and videos, some dating to 2015, in which he engaged in sexual acts with unconscious women.

At the time of his arrest, investigators found 32 cellphones and 16 women’s driver’s licenses, authorities said.