{"id":369552,"date":"2026-10-10T02:58:44","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T02:58:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/369552\/"},"modified":"2026-10-10T02:58:44","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T02:58:44","slug":"man-acquitted-in-alleged-rape-of-5-year-old-staten-island-girl-convicted-on-other-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/369552\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Acquitted in Alleged Rape of 5-Year-Old Staten Island Girl, Convicted on Other Charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A Staten Island jury acquitted Dominique Giles, 32, of rape and robbery on Monday. The case involved allegations that he sexually assaulted a 5-year-old girl in 2025. Jurors convicted Giles of second-degree strangulation and grand larceny, delivering a mixed verdict. His defense challenged the mother&#8217;s testimony and argued there was insufficient forensic evidence. The district attorney&#8217;s office expressed frustration, while the defense welcomed the acquittals. Giles is due back in court Nov. 18 for sentencing and remains held without bail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Staten Island jury acquitted Dominique Giles, 32, of rape and robbery on Monday. The case involved allegations&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":369553,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":["post-369552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-staten-island","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-staten-island","tag-staten-island-headlines","tag-staten-island-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=369552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369552\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/369553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=369552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=369552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=369552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}