One captured, one sought in rape after birthday party

A Queens Village teenager has been arraigned on kidnapping, rape and other charges in connection with a weekend abduction and sexual assault of a female college student who had just left her own birthday party.
“It is alleged that a Saturday night birthday celebration at a friend’s house turned into a nightmare early Sunday morning for the victim,” said District Attorney Richard A. Brown. “Like predatory animals, the defendant and an unapprehended individual are alleged to have chased down their victim before brutally victimizing her at gunpoint. The consequences of such a sexual assault for a victim are profound and can result in emotional trauma from which she may never fully recover.”
James Moye, 19, of 106-12 223rd Street in Queens Village, has been arraigned before Queens Criminal Court Judge William Harrington on charges of predatory sexual assault, first-degree rape, first-degree criminal sexual act and second-degree kidnapping.
Moye, who faces up to 25 years to life in prison if convicted, was ordered held without bail and to return to court on January 7, 2008.
According to the criminal charges, Moye and an unapprehended accomplice chased the 19-year-old female college student into a yard in the vicinity of 108th Avenue and 220th Street in Queens Village during the early morning hours December 9 and that, after the unapprehended individual displayed a black handgun, both he and Moye ordered the victim to get into Moye’s van.
It is alleged that Moye grabbed the victim’s arm, forced her into the rear of the van, and then drove the van around for awhile, with the unapprehended accomplice sitting in the front passenger seat, displaying the gun.
Eventually, according to the complaint, Moye stopped the van and he and the unapprehended perp got into the back of the van with the victim where they raped and sexually assaulted her. Afterwards, it is alleged that the defendant and his accomplice drove to Jamaica Center where they ordered the victim to get out of the car and drove away. The victim then ran into the subway and summoned help.
Moye was arrested after police found him hiding under attic insulation at his residence.