Francis Buckheit is charged in the kidnapping and rape of a 14-year-old East Patchogue girl who was missing for 25 days.

Francis Buckheit, of East Islip, will likely be arraigned on the indictment in Suffolk County Criminal Court in Riverhead later this month, attorney Danielle Papa, of Hauppauge, said.

Buckheit, 64, was the first person to be arrested and charged in the case, followed days later by Bunice Knight, 47, and ...

There's been an update in the kidnapping of a 14-year-old Long Island girl who endured '26 days of hell' locked in a boat in ...

A SECOND suspect has been arrested in the heroic tale of a ‘Taken’ style abduction that saw a father rescue his kidnapped ...

According to social media posts by the father, he located his daughter on a boat docked at White Cap Marina in Islip. Authorities arrested Francis Buckheit, 64, of East Islip, in connection with ...