Manhattan District Attorney Robert M. Morgenthau announced today the indictment of a 39-year-old Queens man for raping a woman he abducted from a
The defendant, LUIS ZAMBRANO, 39, was indicted on charges of kidnapping, rape and sexual abuse. The investigation leading to today’s indictment revealed that in the early morning hours of March 22, 2009, a 23-year-old woman was at Marquee, a night club located at 289 10th Avenue, where she became intoxicated and passed out on a couch. ZAMBRANO approached the woman and began kissing her before getting her up from the couch. ZAMBRANO dragged the victim, who was incapable of standing or walking unassisted, to a staircase. There he lost hold of her and she fell headfirst into a wall and crumpled on the floor. ZAMBRANO picked the victim up and ultimately carried her out of the night club and into a cab that took them to his car three blocks away. He then drove the incapacitated victim to his apartment where he sexually assaulted her twice. The victim regained consciousness during the second assault and had no idea where she was nor who the defendant was. She was missing her coat and persona...