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Robert T. Johnson
District Attorney

2006062 Monday, October 30, 2006

October 30, 2006

25 YEAR OLD BRONX MAN FACING UP TO FIFTY YEARS IMPRISONMENT
FOR SEXUALLY ASSAULTING A 20 YEAR OLD WOMAN

Bronx District Attorney Robert T. Johnson announced today that Rohan Campbell, 25,
has been convicted of sexually assaulting a 20 year old woman whom he had abducted at
gunpoint in August 2004.

Campbell, of 712 East Gunhill Road, the Bronx, was found guilty on two counts of
Criminal Sexual Act in the 1st degree, a Class B felony offense punishable by a maximum
sentence of up to 25 years imprisonment on each count. Sentencing has been scheduled for
Thursday, November 9, 2006 in Part T-19. Campbell could be facing as many as 50 years in
prison if State Supreme Court Justice David Stadtmauer imposes consecutive maximum terms.

Campbell committed the sexual assaults on August 10, 2004 beginning at approximately
2:40 A.M. in the Williamsbridge section on the Bronx when he accosted his victim and her
boyfriend in the vicinity of 216th Street and Bronxwood Avenue. The young woman was being
escorted home when the defendant forced her at gunpoint to accompany him to a parked car. The
woman’s boyfriend was told that she would be shot if he moved. Campbell drove off with the
victim and forced her to engage in oral sex twice during a period of ninety minutes. The second
sexual encounter occurred at the initial location of the abduction where Campbell returned after
driving around. Police, who had been alerted by the victim’s boyfriend, stopped to investigate
when they noticed the car parked at an unusual angle. When they shined a flashlight into the car
they realized that the defendant and the young woman matched the descriptions that had been
provided by the boyfriend. Campbell turned on the ignition and attempted to flee but was taken
into custody after a short foot chase that began after he crashed into a parked car a couple of
blocks away.

Assistant District Attorney Aaron Kaplan is prosecuting the case.


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