Three More Teens Arrested in Ramapo College Sex Assault Case

Three additional teens were arrested in connection with the sexual assault of a female student at Ramapo College.

Justin Sommers, 18, of Staten Island, Christopher Rainone, 18, of Staten Island, and Jordyn Massood, 18 of Wayne, were arrested in connection to the Nov. 15 sexual assault of the female, according to Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli.

Additional charges have also been lodged against the previously arrested Christian Lopez and Nakeem Gardner. Lopez and Gardner were arrested on Nov. 17 and each charged with 1st degree aggravated sexual assault and other offenses relating to the rape of the female student during the early morning hours of Nov. 15.

Sommers and Rainone are each charged with endangering an injured victim and invasion of privacy, third degree crimes. Massood is charged with endangering an injured victim. The three were arrested without incident on the Ramapo College campus.

According to Molinelli, the charge of endangering an injured victim alleges that each aided or encouraged Lopez and Gardner during the sexual assault. The charge of invasion of privacy alleges that Sommers and Rainone took pictures of the victim without her consent. All three were charged on a complaint summons and released on their own recognizance pending first appearance in Mahwah Municipal Court.

Christian Lopez, who remains lodged in the Bergen County Jail, has been additionally charged with criminal restraint, endangering an injured victim and invasion of privacy, each a crime of the third degree, according to Molinelli. These are additional charges relating to the sexual assault victim. Lopez has also been charged with fourth degree criminal sexual contact for inappropriately touching another female student of the college.

Additional bail has not yet been set for Lopez.

Nakeem Gardner, who also remains in the Bergen County Jail, is now additionally charged with endangering an injured victim. Additional bail for Gardner has not yet been set.