Overview
- Nicholas Wieber, 28, was arraigned on first- and second-degree kidnapping and endangering the welfare of a child after a Suffolk County grand jury indictment.
- Prosecutors allege he began messaging the 11-year-old on Discord in early December and that the exchanges quickly became sexual.
- NYPD detectives traced the investigation to Wieber’s Bay Shore home on Dec. 13, where Suffolk police found the child and took him into custody.
- Justice Richard Ambro set bail at $250,000 cash, $500,000 bond, or $2.5 million partially secured bond, with a return date of Feb. 17, 2026.
- Wieber pleaded not guilty and faces up to 25 years to life on the top count, as the district attorney credited coordinated law enforcement for the safe recovery.