A woman from the Bronx was captured by a rapist: she was saved by quick wits and a food delivery service
'22.06.2022'
Nadezhda Verbitskaya
24-year-old woman held hostage in the Bronx used food delivery service Grubhub to alert police, reports ABC7.
A young woman who was held hostage and raped in a Bronx home is now safe. And this is thanks to the fact that she was able to order food delivery through the application with a chilling note in which the recipient begs to call the police.
Ordering a Grubhub sandwich and burger for breakfast at 5 am on Sunday 19.07/XNUMX was not unusual for patrons at the Chipper Truck Cafe on McLean Avenue in Yonkers. But what was strange was the note with additional instructions.
It was clearly hastily written. The message asked to call the police and ask them to come with food.
“Basically, she asked for the police to be brought along with the delivery,” said Alice Bermejo of Chipper Truck Cafe.
Alice Bermejo, who owns the business with her husband, says he got a call from a worker who saw the order appear on the screen.
“They saw a note on the order and called my husband, they said: “What should we do?”. The husband suggested calling the police to be safe than sorry.
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The order came from an address in the Eastchester area of the Bronx. There, a 32-year-old man held a 24-year-old woman against her will and sexually abused her.
They met in person after months of online correspondence. The meeting turned violent. He wouldn't let her use her phone except to order food.
At this hour, her only hope was to send a message to the restaurant.
The Bermejo family is grateful to the employee who called the police and explained the situation.
“Just knowing that we were there and that being open 24 hours a day was a way for her to get help,” said Alice Bermejo's daughter Alicia.
The suspect opened the door, confessing that he believed the young woman had been served food. But it was the police.
The suspect was 32-year-old Kemoy Royal. He faced a variety of charges, including rape, false imprisonment, criminal sexual intercourse, and sexual assault, among other counts.
