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Police: Ramon Rotestan faces rape, robbery charges for knifepoint attack on woman in Bronx elevator

Police arrest registered sex offender in Bronx elevator rape
Police arrest registered sex offender in Bronx elevator rape 00:31

NEW YORK - Police say they've nabbed a suspected rapist. 

Police say Ramon Rotestan, 46, followed a woman into an elevator of a building in the area of Lydig Avenue and Bolton Street in the Bronx

They say once in the elevator he pulled out a knife and raped the woman, and then robbed her of more than $100. 

The attack took place May 9 at around 10 p.m. 

Rotestan faces rape and sexually motivated robbery charges.

Rotestan is a registered sex offender. He was previously sent to prison in 2006 for burglary, sex abuse and rape in Manhattan. He was released on parole in March 2022.

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