波士顿附近阁楼内发现一名被囚禁女子,涉事男子面临指控这名29岁的男子乔丹德·皮埃尔(Jordende Pierre)面临绑架、性贩运及其他指控。官员称,他违背该女子意愿将其拘禁长达六周。
Woman Is Found Captive in Attic Near Boston, Leading to Charges for Man The man, Jordende Pierre, 29, faces kidnapping, sex trafficking and other charges. He held the woman against her will for six weeks, officials said.
执法官员称,马萨诸塞州一名29岁男子因涉嫌绑架和性贩运被起诉,此前在波士顿附近一栋住宅的阁楼内发现一名女子疑似处于被囚禁状态。
A 29-year-old man in Massachusetts was charged with kidnapping and sex trafficking after a woman was found in apparent captivity in the attic of a house near Boston, law enforcement officials said.
9月20日,位于波士顿正北郊区的梅尔登市(Malden)警方接到该建筑房东的报警。美国法警队在一份声明中表示:“调查结果显示,一名女子据称在约六周内被违背意愿拘禁并遭受性虐待。”
On Sept. 20, police in Malden, a city just north of Boston, were called to the residence by the building’s landlord. “The investigation resulted in the discovery of a woman who allegedly had been held against her will and sexually abused for approximately six weeks,” the United States Marshals Service said in a statement.
该机构称,乔丹德·皮埃尔于周四被拘留。法院记录显示,他在梅尔登地区法院被指控为性奴役而贩运人口、绑架以及对14岁及以上人员实施猥亵袭击和殴打。
Jordende Pierre was taken into custody on Thursday, the service said. He was charged in Malden District Court with trafficking of persons for sexual servitude, kidnapping, and indecent assault and battery on a person aged 14 or older, court records say.
文件显示,他在周五的出庭受审中作了不认罪答辩,羁押听证会定于10月6日举行。皮埃尔的律师阿诺德·布兰克(Arnold Blank Jr.)周二未能取得联系。当局未公布该女子的身份,也未说明她的年龄。
He entered a plea of not guilty during an arraignment on Friday, the documents say, and a detention hearing is scheduled for Oct. 6. A lawyer for Mr. Pierre, Arnold Blank Jr., could not be reached on Tuesday. The authorities did not identify the woman, nor did they say how old she was.
马萨诸塞地区法警队代理负责人丹尼斯·马图莱维奇(Dennis Matulewicz)在声明中将上述指控描述为“令人深感不安”。据NBC新闻报道,检察官称,皮埃尔与该女子是在一款约会应用上认识的,他在发现她之前约六周将她带至该住宅。据该报道,检察官称他对其实施了性侵犯,并强迫她与到访该房产的其他男性发生性关系。
Dennis Matulewicz, the acting head of the marshals service for the District of Massachusetts, described the allegations in the statement as “deeply disturbing.”Mr. Pierre and the woman met on a dating app, and he took her to the house about six weeks before she was found, prosecutors said, according to an NBC News report. He sexually assaulted her and forced her to have sex with other men who visited the property, prosecutors said, according to the report.
据NBC新闻报道,米德尔塞克斯县助理地方检察官雅各布·麦克兰德尔(Jacob McCrindle)在法庭上表示:“她显然没有进食。她浑身脏污。她基本上就生活在这个阁楼区域的污秽环境中。”
“She clearly had not eaten. She was dirty. She was living, essentially, in squalor in this attic area,” the Middlesex County assistant district attorney, Jacob McCrindle, said in court, NBC News reported.
两户家庭住宅的房主孙青(Qing Sun,音译)周二在接受采访时表示,她和丈夫前往该住宅查看一楼租户报告的漏水情况。他们拥有这栋房产已有两年。
The owner of the two-family building, Qing Sun, said in an interview on Tuesday that she and her husband went to the residence, which they have owned for two years, to check on a water leak reported by tenants on the first floor.
她说,一名男子和一名女子——前租户——正待在二楼公寓里,尽管他们的租约已经到期。孙女士或警方均未透露他们与皮埃尔先生的关系,且他们目前未被指控。孙女士称,当她和丈夫试图寻找漏水源头时,这两人跟在后面。
A man and a woman, former tenants, were in the second floor apartment, even though their lease had expired, she said. Their relationship to Mr. Pierre was not described by Ms. Sun or authorities, and they have not been charged. They followed Ms. Sun and her husband as they tried to find the source of the leak, she said.
随后,孙女士要求检查阁楼——一个位于斜顶下、狭窄楼梯可达的黑暗、拥挤、未装修的空间。她说那名男子质疑为何需要去那里查看。“我们感觉不对劲,”她周二表示。
Then Ms. Sun asked to check the attic, a dark, cramped, unfinished space under a sloped roof and accessible by a narrow staircase. She said the man questioned why they needed to check there. “We felt something is wrong,” she said on Tuesday.
当这对夫妇走近阁楼时,另一名男子——并非皮埃尔先生——从他们身边跑过,冲出了房子,她说。
As the couple approached the attic, another man — not Mr. Pierre — ran past them and out of the house, she said.
孙女士和丈夫利用手机手电筒的光亮进入了阁楼。尽管光线昏暗,他们看到这个狭小空间被纸板隔成了两部分。一侧放着一张床垫,凌乱不堪。
Ms. Sun and her husband entered the attic, using the flashlights from their cellphones. Though dim, they saw the small space had been separated by cardboard into two areas. One side held a mattress. It was messy.
“我们转过弯,”她说,看到了似乎是一个女孩躺在一张薄垫子上。
“We turned the corner,” she said, and saw what appeared to be a girl on a thin mat.
“她没有跟我们说话,”她说,“她躺在一个非常黑暗的角落里。”孙女士和丈夫迅速离开,在楼外报了警。他们带领警官前往阁楼,警官与该女子进行了交谈。这对夫妇退了出来,松了一口气。“我们知道她还活着,”孙女士说。
“She did not speak with us,” she said. “She was lying down and in a very dark corner.”Ms. Sun and her husband left quickly and called the police from outside the building. They escorted the officers to the attic, where they spoke with the woman. The couple retreated, relieved. “We knew she was alive,” Ms. Sun said.
在陪同更多调查人员前往阁楼后,孙女士表示,她和丈夫注意到一个五加仑的桶,里面似乎装着尿液。
After they escorted more investigators to the attic, Ms. Sun said she and her husband noticed a five-gallon bucket that appeared to contain urine.
目前尚不清楚案件是否会追加指控。周二无法联系到莫尔登警察局的发言人。
It was not clear whether there would be more charges connected with the case. A spokesman for the Malden Police Department could not be reached on Tuesday.
Christine Hauser 是《纽约时报》记者,撰写突发新闻和专题报道。
Christine Hauser is a Times reporter who writes breaking news and features.