BRONX MAN INDICTED FOR RAPING WOMAN IN BUILDING ELEVATOR

Defendant Charged with Rape, Robbery and Additional Charges 

 Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced that a Bronx man has been indicted for raping a 40-year-old woman and robbing her in her building elevator.

 District Attorney Clark said, “The defendant allegedly brutally attacked a woman at knifepoint, stealing her money, and then raping her. The defendant was on parole for rape and robbery when he committed this crime. We will do everything in our power to keep women in the Bronx safe.”

 District Attorney Clark said the defendant, Ramon Rotestan, 46, of 3560 Webster Avenue in the Bronx was arraigned on Predatory Sexual Assault, first-degree Rape, first-degree Robbery, firstdegree Burglary, first-degree Sexual Abuse, and fourth-degree Criminal Possession of a Weapon before Bronx Supreme Court Justice George Villegas. He was remanded and is due back August 16, 2022.

 According to the investigation, on May 9, 2022 the defendant allegedly followed a 40-yearold woman into her apartment building in the Pelham Parkway section and then into the elevator. Once inside, the defendant took out a knife and demanded the victim hand over all her money which was $112. He then allegedly patted her down and raped her in the elevator. A neighbor made noise in the hallway outside the elevator which startled the defendant leading him to run off. The entire attack was recorded on a security camera.

 The defendant is a registered sex offender and was released from state prison on parole 39 days prior to this attack for convictions of first-degree Rape, Sexual Abuse and Robbery.

 District Attorney Clark thanked Detective Shaniqua Clark and Detective Ernesto Castillo of the NYPD Bronx Special Victims Squad, and Detective Michael Gersch, and Officer Mark Polak of the 49th Precinct.

An indictment is an accusatory instrument and not proof of a defendant’s guilt.