A Long Island man pleaded guilty Monday to raping a 14-year-old girl who disappeared for nearly a month last year.

Kevin McDonald, a 21-year-old Bellport resident, admitted to a single count of second-degree rape , Newsday reported. Prosecutors will recommend a six-month prison sentence and 10 years of probation at his sentencing hearing on Dec. 3.

McDonald had been accused of raping the teenager outside a home in Bellport on Dec. 10, 2024, one day after she had been reported missing from her home in Patchogue.

The victim told police she met McDonald in his vehicle , smoked marijuana with him and had sex in the car before he drove her to the Starwood Inn in Bohemia. That was the last place she was seen before her father found her on a yacht on Jan. 3, 2025.

An investigation int

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