A Hicksville man associated with MS-13 was convicted of predatory sexual assault, criminal possession of a weapon, and other charges for assaulting, threatening, and harassing a 32-year-old woman in 2023.
On August 26, 2023, Jayden Abadi Alvarado Velasquez met the victim at a neighborhood deli. The following day, he showed up at the victim’s apartment and threatened her at gunpoint, thereby commencing the months long pattern of abuse.
The investigation revealed that, over the next several weeks, abused, Alvarado Velasquez threatened, and harassed the victim, culminating in a final sexual assault at gunpoint.
On November 26, 2023, Alvarado Velasquez smashed the victim’s cell phone and physically assaulted her during an altercation in her vehicle.
Alvarado Velasquez then drove the victim to a psychiatric center in Brentwood, where the incident escalated. The defendant threatened to cut off the victim’s hand and claimed to have murdered and buried a former girlfriend on the grounds. He threatened to kill and bury the victim in the same location.
The defendant later drove the victim back to his house in Hicksville, where he sexually assaulted her.
On November 29, 2023, Alvarado Velasquez sent intimidating text messages to the victim, which included a video of two firearms he had previously used to threaten her life.
A search of the defendant’s bedroom by members of the Nassau County Police Department executed later that day yielded a handgun, a magazine, multiple rounds of ammunition, and multiple New York state ID cards with the defendant’s photo and different names.
Detectives also recovered a loaded handgun, magazine, and ammunition from the defendant’s jacket that he had been wearing at the time.
Alvarado Velasquez, 40, was arrested on November 29, 2023, by Nassau County Police Department’s Criminal Intelligence Rapid Response Team. He was convicted on May 6, 2026, after a jury trial before Judge Robert McDonald of Predatory Sexual Assault (a Class A-II felony); three counts of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree (a Class C violent felony); Attempted Assault in the Second Degree (a Class E felony); two counts of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Fourth Degree, Assault in the Third Degree and Aggravated Harassment (all misdemeanors).
The trial began on April 22, 2026, and the jury deliberated for less than four hours before delivering their verdict. The defendant is due back for sentencing on June 11, 2026, and faces a potential maximum of 25 years to life in prison.
“This defendant trapped the victim in a cycle of violence and believed his affiliation with MS-13 made him untouchable,” said Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly. “The victim lived for several months with no choice but to comply with the defendant’s demands due to the constant threat of weapons. Now, she no longer has to live in fear because the defendant is headed to a place where he is no longer in control. The jury’s conviction ensures this predator will be the one complying with demands, from the inside of a prison cell.”