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The girl and her mother reported the incident to police the next day.
The grandmother initially was arrested in August for endangering the
welfare of a child, but is now also charged with first-degree rape and
first-degree sodomy under the legal theory that she acted in concert
with the actual assailant, Brosco said.
Even after her arrest, the woman tried to protect Jo-Jo, the law
enforcement source said. She identified a different man as the girl's
attacker and suggested the girl went along willingly. But the source
said the man she identified was in jail on a different charge on the day
of the attack.
If convicted, the grandmother faces up to 25 years in prison.
Her attorney, Robert Del Col of Huntington, asked Acting State Supreme
Court Justice Michael Mullen to free his client so she could get
treatment for a "long-standing and ongoing drug problem.? Mullen refused
and set bail at $20,000 cash.
The woman has a lengthy criminal history of drug and theft charges,
authorities said. Shortly before the assault, she had moved in with her
daughter and granddaughter.
"She was homeless,? the law enforcement source said. "She said she'd
turned over a new leaf. They took her in, and this is the thanks that
they get.?
In the months since the attack, the girl seems to be coping, the law
enforcement source said.
"She's holding up pretty well,? the source said. "She's a sweet kid.?
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