Hempstead Man Charged With Rape

By Timothy Bolger Posted on May 19, 2017

Kassi Ajavon

A Hempstead man was arrested for sexually assaulting and strangling a woman at the Coliseum Motor Inn in East Meadow last year, New York State police said.

Kassi Ajavon was charged with first-degree rape, criminal obstruction of breathing and patronizing a person for prostitution.

Police said the 21-year-old suspect was arrested following a nine-month investigation into the August 2016 attack.

A Nassau County judge set his bail at $250,000 before Ajavon was transported back to Erie County Jail, where he is incarcerated on unrelated charges, police said.

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Timothy Bolger

Timothy Bolger is the Editor in Chief of the Long Island Press who’s been working to uncover unreported stories since shortly after it launched in 2003. When he’s not editing, getting hassled by The Man or fielding cold calls to the newsroom, he covers crime, general interest and political news in addition to reporting longer, sometimes investigative features. He won’t be happy until everyone is as pissed off as he is about how screwed up Lawn Guyland is.