A man from Georgia has been arrested in connection to a string of New York City rape cases from the 1990s.
Michael Benjamin, 57, is accused of raping five women in Queens between 1995 and 1997. Authorities say DNA testing led to a break in the decades-old investigation.
Suspect responsible for multiple rapes, robberies in Queens
The Queens District Attorney’s office said the violent attacks took place in Jamaica, St. Albans, Laurelton and Brookville.
In the first two attacks – on July 24, 1995, and Aug. 24, 1996 – authorities say the suspect broke into the victims’ homes while they slept. In each incident, the suspect allegedly covered the victim’s head – one with a sheet and another with a jacket – before raping them…