12-Year-Old Beaten Unconscious Before Rape By BK Cab Driver: DA

BROOKLYN, NY — A Brooklyn cab driver accused of raping a 12-year-old in the backseat of his car threatened the girl with a gun and beat her unconscious before the assault, prosecutors say.

Rafael Martinez — who was arrested Tuesday for the horrific crime — pulled over and climbed into the backseat with the girl twice while driving her from Fort Greene to Bed-Stuy on Monday evening, according to court records. Her parents had called her a cab to bring her home from a relative's house, according to reports.

The first time Martinez stopped, he pulled the car over on Bergen Street and took a gun out of his glove compartment, prosecutors said.

"If you say anything, these bullets are for you," the 32-year-old said while loading bullets into the firearm, according to the court papers.

Martinez then jumped into the backseat and began punching the girl in the face as she tried to fight him off, prosecutors said. He eventually slammed the girl's head against the window, causing her to pass out, according to the court papers.

When the young girl came to, Martinez was raping her, prosecutors said. She would drift in and out of consciousness throughout the attack, according to the court papers.

"If you tell anybody, I know where you live, I'll come to get you and your family," Martinez told the 12-year-old before climbing back into the drivers seat, according to prosecutors.

Martinez pulled over and abused the girl a second time on Herkimer Street before finally bringing her to her destination, according to prosecutors and police.

The 12-year-old was taken to Woodhull Hospital after the incident, where police were then called around 8:45 p.m., police said.

Martinez, who is from Cypress Hills, was is charged with rape, sex abuse, endangering the welfare of a child, menacing, assault and a criminal sex act. He was ordered to be held Wednesday on a $200,000 bond.