Bronx man charged with raping 13-year-old boy he met online

A 29-year-old antheral has been charged with raping a 13-year-old lad aft lying successful hold successful a stairwell astatine the youngster’s Bronx flat building, Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark announced Monday.

The alleged rapist, Ishmael Francis, archetypal met the unfortunate online astir 11 p.m. Sept. 18, according to a connection from the Clark’s office. Francis, who lives successful the Bronx, past went to the victim’s flat building, wherever helium lurked successful a stairwell until the lad came retired to instrumentality retired the trash — and past ambushed and sexually assaulted the child, Clark charged successful a statement.

Francis past stole the child’s compartment telephone and fled the gathering erstwhile the boy’s household began to telephone retired for him, according to the statement.

The kid ran backmost to his flat wherever his household called 911. The lad received aesculapian attraction astatine Jacobi Medical Center, but Clark noted the youngster  sustained intelligence scars that volition instrumentality longer to heal.

“This kid has suffered trauma and we volition bash each we tin to assistance him done this ordeal,” Clark said.

Francis was arrested Sept. 24 aft constabulary tracked him down done the online messages helium sent the victim; helium was charged with rape and intersexual battle and volition beryllium connected supervised merchandise until his adjacent tribunal day Jan. 7, according to tribunal papers.