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Three New York Metropolis postal employees allegedly kidnapped and tried to rape their co-worker behind a truck after a celebration in 2023, the Manhattan District Lawyer stated Wednesday, March 26.
Daniel Jean, 38, Kirt Acala, 38, and Edward Chou, 40, have all been charged in New York State Supreme Courtroom with Kidnapping within the Second Diploma and Kidnapping within the Second Diploma as a Sexually Motivated Felony, a press launch from Manhattan District Lawyer Alvin L. Bragg, Jr. states.
Jean moreover is charged with Tried Rape within the First Diploma, Tried Sexual Abuse within the First Diploma, Sexual Abuse within the First Diploma, and Forcible Touching.
“As alleged on this indictment, these three postal employees dragged their incapacitated colleague out of a put up workplace and right into a mail truck, the place one tried to rape her,” Bragg stated concerning the alleged June 2023 incident.
“We take investigations and prosecutions of sexual violence extraordinarily critically and have the survivor-centered companies and assets to assist those that have been sexually assaulted. Please name us at 212-335-9373,” his assertion continued.
In keeping with a joint investigation between the Manhattan D.A.’s Workplace, the New York Metropolis Police Division and the USPS Inspector Normal’s Workplace, the unidentified co-worker attended an after-work birthday celebration for a buddy on the East eleventh and 4th Avenue put up workplace the place she labored with the defendants within the late afternoon of June 8, 2023.
Later within the night, she allegedly started to really feel “unusual,” and “couldn’t management her physique, and ultimately misplaced consciousness.”
It’s then that whereas nonetheless within the put up workplace, Jean is alleged to have “slapped and squeezed the sufferer’s buttocks whereas she was unable to face or absolutely maintain her head up.”
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“The defendants then dragged her out of the put up workplace and into the again of the truck,” the press launch claims. Contained in the truck is the place Jean allegedly tried to rape the unidentified co-worker.
After responding to a 911 name, New York Police Division officers discovered Alcala and Chou “sitting within the entrance seats of the truck, the place they initially refused to open the again.”
It’s after listening to “banging sounds and requires assist from inside” that Jean allegedly stepped out of the again of the truck along with his pants unzipped.
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The unidentified feminine co-worker was later discovered behind the truck along with her pants undone. PEOPLE reached out to USPS for remark however didn’t instantly hear again.
For those who or somebody has been sexually assaulted, please contact the Nationwide Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) or go to rainn.org.
