Alleged Newark Multiple Rapist Arrested: Victims Included Teen Girl, Police Say

Newark, NJ – Authorities have apprehended an Essex County man accused of raping three women in their homes, including a 13-year-old, between June and November of 2015.

Kervin Joseph Michel, 35, of Newark, is also accused of the attempted sexual assault of a fourth woman in Newark in December, the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office stated.

According to prosecutors, investigators recognized “a pattern among these cases that resulted in [Michel’s] arrest.”

Authorities charged Michel with sexually assaulting a 13-year-old child on June 6, 2015, at her home in Newark. He was charged with eight counts of first degree aggravated sexual assault, burglary, endangering the welfare of a child and unlawful possession of a weapon, and his bail was set at $300,000 for that incident.

Michel was charged with sexually assaulting a 29-year-old woman at her home in Irvington on Nov. 2, 2015. Michel was charged with first-degree aggravated sexual assault, kidnapping and making terroristic threats. Bail was set at $750,000.

Michel was also charged with the Nov. 4, 2015, sexual assault of a 21-year-old woman in Irvington. In that incident, prosecutors allege that an infant was in the home and the victim’s boyfriend returned to the house and was attacked by Michel. He was charged with kidnapping, aggravated sexual assault, aggravated assault and criminal restraint. Bail was set at $750,000.

On Dec. 13, 2015, prosecutors allege that Michel attempted to sexually assault a fourth woman in Newark. According to prosecutors, Michel allegedly forced himself into the victim’s car when she went to a gas station convenience store to make a purchase, then took her to another location where he allegedly attempted to rape her.

He was charged with attempted sexual assault, kidnapping and terroristic threats for the Dec. 13 incident, prosecutors said.

Michel is being held at the Essex County Correctional Facility in Newark on multiple counts of first degree aggravated sexual assault, aggravated assault, kidnapping, burglary, terroristic threats, criminal restraint, endangering the welfare of a child and unlawful possession of a weapon.