"The first incident occurred in July 1995, when authorities said Benjamin broke into a sleeping woman's home and "pulled a sheet over her head." Benjamin tied the woman up, raped her and stole cash and jewelry from her home, then fled, according to the district attorney's office. More than a year later, he similarly broke into another woman's home while she was asleep, prosecutors said."
"In September 1996, prosecutors said Benjamin ambushed a woman as she arrived at her front door and forced her inside her home at gunpoint. He "threatened to kill her husband and child - who were home - if she did not comply with his demands," prosecutors said. Benjamin raped the woman, stole cash from her and then left, according to the district attorney's office. In February 1997, Benjamin is accused of raping two women inside their home at gunpoint."
DNA collected from a discarded cup linked Michael Benjamin, 57, of Conyers, Georgia, to at least five violent rapes in Queens between 1995 and 1997. He faces a 17-count indictment charging rape, sodomy, sexual abuse, burglary and robbery. The attacks occurred in Jamaica, St. Albans, Laurelton and Brookville and involved home intrusions, covering victims' heads, binding, gunpoint threats and theft of cash and jewelry. Incidents are reported in July 1995, September 1996 and February 1997. Benjamin is accused of ambushing victims, threatening family members and committing multiple offenses during the assaults. Benjamin denies the allegations.
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