PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release: June 13, 2007

Contact: William J. Smith (718) 556-7150
William.Smith@rcda.nyc.gov

D.A. Donovan: S.I. Man Receives 20 Years in Prison for Attempted Rape, Robbery & Burglary in Knife-point Home Invasion
*** Michael Delgado, 26, Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for 2005 Attack on Port Richmond Woman ***

     STATEN ISLAND, NY – Richmond County District Attorney Daniel M. Donovan, Jr. today announced that Michael Delgado (DOB: 10/21/1980) of Nicholas Avenue, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison following his March 2007 conviction at trial on charges of Robbery and Burglary in the 1st Degree, both Class B felonies, and Attempted Rape in the 1st Degree, a Class C felony. The defendant, who has two prior felony convictions, was sentenced by Justice Stephen Rooney in State Supreme Court.

     Delgado was sentenced for an incident which occurred in the early morning of May 10, 2005 in which he robbed and attempted to rape a mother of four at knifepoint. Delgado robbed the woman of $2,000 and also unbuckled his pants and ordered the victim to remove her nightgown, while her children were asleep in another room. When he laid the knife on her bed, she grabbed it and chased him out of the apartment. Delgado was arrested on May 27, 2005 for the crime. His previous trial, in 2005, ended in a hung jury.

     District Attorney Donovan stated, “Michael Delgado is a career criminal who terrorized an innocent family, leading to his third felony conviction before he has even turned 27 years old. Thanks to dedicated prosecutors and police, as well as a courageous victim, he will no longer be free to terrorize our community.”

     The case against Michael Delgado was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Yolanda L. Rudich, Chief of the Sex Crimes/Special Victims Bureau, and Assistant District Attorney Michael Drews of the Supreme Court Bureau. The defendant was represented at his sentencing by Eugene Lamb, Esq.

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