A Patchogue man has been found guilty of multiple violent sex crimes after a jury concluded he carried out a series of predatory attacks against vulnerable women over a three-month period in late 2023, Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney announced.
Gary Conyers, 59, was convicted, following a jury trial before Supreme Court Justice Timothy P. Mazzei.
The charges stem from a pattern of abuse in which prosecutors said Conyers targeted six women struggling with addiction and poverty, using threats and violence to force them into sexual acts.
According to evidence presented at trial, the crimes occurred between October and December 2023. Prosecutors said Conyers lured the victims by offering drugs, money, or basic necessities such as a place to shower. Once he isolated them, either in his car or his home, he allegedly used or threatened to use a knife to force the women to perform oral sex.
Authorities described the assaults as escalating in violence. In some instances, Conyers used a knife to physically harm his victims, including slashing one woman in the neck and stabbing another in the face.
In another attack, he strangled a victim with her scarf until she lost consciousness.
District Attorney Tierney characterized the crimes as deliberate and calculated, stating that Conyers preyed on individuals he believed were less likely to come forward.
Following a joint investigation by the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office, Suffolk County Police Department, and Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office, Conyers was arrested on May 27, 2024.
The jury ultimately convicted him of eight counts of predatory sexual assault, seven counts of criminal sexual act in the first degree, seven counts of sexual abuse in the first degree, two counts of assault in the second degree, and one count of strangulation, all classified as violent felonies.
Conyers is scheduled to return to court for sentencing on April 21, 2026.
He faces a potential sentence of 25 years to life in prison. Prosecutors said the conviction brings a measure of justice to the victims, whose testimony was central to the case.