Crime & Safety

Nassau Man Arrested For Rape After Months Of Investigation: Police

BREAKING: After nine months of investigation, police arrested the man for the assault from August, 2016.

After months of investigation, New York State Police arrested a Hempstead man and charged him with a rape that occurred in East Meadow last August.

Police arrested Kassi Ajavon, 21, of Hempstead, following the nine-month investigation into the assault, which occurred at the Coliseum Motor Inn in East Meadow last August.

Ajavon was charged with first- and third-degree rape, criminal obstruction of breathing and third-degree patronizing a person for prostitution. He was arraigned in Nassau County Supreme Court where bail was set at $250,000.

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After his arraignment, he was transported back to the Erie County Jail, where he is currently being held on unrelated charges.

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