A Bellport man pleaded guilty Monday to the rape of a 14-year-old Patchogue girl who was missing for 25 days last year, marking the first guilty plea in a sprawling indictment charging 11 people with felony crimes related to the victim's disappearance.

Kevin McDonald, 21, in pleading guilty to second-degree rape , also known as statutory rape, admitted before acting state Supreme Court Justice Karen Wilutis to having sex with the girl outside a Bellport residence on Dec. 10, 2024, the day after she was reported missing by her parents.

Prosecutors will recommend McDonald be sentenced to 6 months in the county jail, followed by 10 years of probation. He will be required to register as a sex offender, Wilutis said.

"Yes ma'am" and "Yes sir," McDonald said as the justice and Suffolk Cou

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