Overview
- An indictment filed in New York State Supreme Court charges Parham with six counts each of predatory sexual assault and first-degree rape, plus first-degree robbery, sexually motivated burglary, and first-degree sexual abuse.
- Prosecutors allege he followed the teenager into a building on Jan. 29, dragged her into a stairwell, threatened her with a knife, assaulted her, and fled with her phone after a bystander entered.
- Parham was arrested on Feb. 3 in Amsterdam, New York, after the NYPD Fugitive Task Force located him following the investigation.
- He has been held without bail since his arrest as the prosecution is handled by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Special Victims teams.
- Police have said Parham has 32 prior arrests, many for robbery, while officials emphasize the charges are allegations and he is presumed innocent.