Flanders Man Charged With Raping 2 Girls

By Timothy Bolger Posted on January 20, 2017

Shawn D. Reid

A 26-year-old Flanders man was arrested Thursday for allegedly raping two girls ages 6 and 7, Southampton Town Police said.

Shawn D. Reid was charged with two counts of first-degree rape.

Detectives released few details of the case other than to say that the suspect was arrested following a 10-week investigation with the help of Suffolk County Child Protective Services and the Southampton Town Police Community Response Unit.

He will be arraigned Friday at Southampton Town Justice.

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Timothy Bolger

Timothy Bolger is the Editor in Chief of the Long Island Press who’s been working to uncover unreported stories since shortly after it launched in 2003. When he’s not editing, getting hassled by The Man or fielding cold calls to the newsroom, he covers crime, general interest and political news in addition to reporting longer, sometimes investigative features. He won’t be happy until everyone is as pissed off as he is about how screwed up Lawn Guyland is.