A 36-year-old man has been charged with kidnapping and rape after police say he assaulted a teenager at her Northgate bus stop on Monday morning.
According to court documents released by the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, the 15-year-old was waiting for the bus near the transit center at around 9 a.m. Monday, when 36-year-old Joshua Kowalczewski walked up and started talking to her.
Prosecutors state that Kowalczewski threatened the victim and demanded she go with him to a nearby wooded area. Scared of what he might do, she went along, where she was then sexually assaulted…