"A Georgia man's DNA collected from a discarded cup linked him to the violent rapes of at least five women in New York City between 1995 and 1997, authorities said. A 17-count indictment charges Michael Benjamin, 57, of Conyers, with multiple counts of rape, sodomy, sexual abuse, burglary and robbery, according to the Queen's District Attorney's Office in New York. Conyers is about a 25-mile drive southeast from Atlanta."
"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. Benjamin covered the woman's head with a jacket and raped her, according to prosecutors."
"The next month, 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."
Michael Benjamin, 57, of Conyers, Georgia, is charged with raping five women during four separate attacks in Queens between July 1995 and February 1997. DNA recovered from a discarded cup reportedly linked him to the crimes, leading to a 17-count indictment that includes rape, sodomy, sexual abuse, burglary and robbery. The attacks involved break-ins and ambushes at victims' homes in Jamaica, St. Albans, Laurelton and Brookville, with some incidents involving weapons, threats to family members, binding of victims and theft of cash and jewelry. Benjamin's attorney says he vehemently denies the allegations.
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