A Newark man, Richard Caesar, 19 pleaded guilty to the rape of a 27 year old limo driver who managed to briefly escape from her rapist before he caught, then raped her again. Old fashioned detective work and Caesar's "Dutch" tattoo on the inside of his arm helped catch him.
Caesar, 19, pleaded guilty before Superior Court Judge Denise Cobham to three counts of aggravated sex assault. In a deal worked out with public defender Alex Shalom, Dirkin agreed to recommend that Caesar be sentenced to no more than 14 years in prison.
The rape victim was a 27-year-old female driver for Classic Limo who answered a radio call to pick up Caesar on Oriental Street in Newark late in the evening of Jan. 6, 2007, said Dirkin, acting di rector of the prosecutor's sexual assault unit.
Caesar told the driver he was going to Hawthorne Avenue, but his suspicious behavior and the odd directions he gave made her think he was trying to get her to a secluded area for a robbery, Dirkin said.
The driver ignored his directions and stayed on busy streets but made a wrong turn and ended up in a quiet area, the prosecutor said. He said Caesar jumped over the seat and forced her to drive to a secluded spot on Voorhees Street, near the corner of Leslie Street.
After he forced her into oral sex and intercourse, she saw the headlights of a truck in the rear-view mirror and jumped from the car naked and yelling for help, Dirkin said.
Caesar made a motion to the truck driver that he had a gun and the driver kept going, the prosecutor said. The victim jumped back into her limo, he said, and managed to lock three of the doors be fore Caesar slipped through the only unlocked door.
"She almost escaped but couldn't get the door locked fast enough," Dirkin said. "It was like a nightmare."
Caesar forced her to perform oral sex again and then fled as a police officer alerted by the truck driver came down Voorhees Street, Dirkin said.
Because there was no DNA evidence, Newark detectives used fingerprints lifted from the outside of the limo and matcher it with Caesar's prints, stored because he was jailed for an unrelated charge. Caesar will be sentenced June 22, and the maximum he faces is 14 years.
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I swear this does not sound like my ex- boyfriend. I know him and this definately does not sound like anything he would do. Richard was the quietest, most sweet boy I ever met. If he did all of theses things, then there are quite a few things that I would like to know. How was it the the driver was only able to lock 3 doors? and Classic Cab has automatic locks. Also, Why didnt the driver just run instead of getting back in the car? I really dont know what to say. This was my first love. He doesnt do things like this.
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