NEW YORK – A Bronx man has been charged with raping and sexually assaulting three women, according to the district attorney, including a victim who was rescued after submitting a plea for help through a food delivery app while she was being held against her will, authorities say.
Kemoy Royal was indicted on a series of charges, including predatory sexual assault, rape and sexual abuse, in separate attacks that took place over six days at his apartment on Pratt Avenue in Eastchester. Bail was set at $300,000.
An investigation found that the first alleged incident occurred on June 13. Royal, 32, met a 27-year-old woman he had been talking to on a dating app for a few days, according to Bronx District Attorney Darcel. Clark. He invited the woman to her home, where he allegedly raped her and forced her to perform sexual acts on him. He also performed sexual acts with her with her consent, according to the investigation.
The next day, Royal met the second victim, a 26-year-old woman, around 7 p.m. while out on the street. The prosecutor said Royal claimed to know her victim through a friend of hers and lured her back to her apartment, where he refused to let her leave and threatened to kill her.
Royal tried to force the woman to have sex, according to the investigation, and allegedly bit her in the chest area and strangled her. He finally let her go around 2 am
The third victim, a 24-year-old woman, had been talking to Royal on a dating app for a few months and met with him on June 18. The two were at her house around 10:30 pm that night, and he threatened her life while he wouldn’t let her go, the investigation found.
Royal allegedly strangled and raped the victim throughout the night, including once at knifepoint, prosecutors allege. He forced her to perform sexual acts and performed others with her, her investigation found.
When the victim tried to call the police, he allegedly took her cell phone from her, but returned it to her at dawn when she asked to order food. That’s when the woman asked for help in the form of a Grubhub food order from the Chipper Truck Café during the early hours of that Sunday morning.
Surveillance video from inside the restaurant shows employees receiving an order for an Irish breakfast sandwich, a hamburger and a plea for help. In the additional instructions section of the Grubhub warrant, the woman wrote in part “call the police” and “don’t make it obvious.”
Workers called police, and officers responded to the Pratt Avenue home just after 6 a.m. Royal opened the door thinking food was arriving, but instead it was police who arrested him, according to officers.
Royal is scheduled to appear in court on October 11.
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