Updated Friday, March 6, 2:32 p.m.
Police have arrested a man for allegedly raping a Queens spa worker at gunpoint last month after booking an appointment at an unlicensed massage parlor.
Luis Jessup, a 37-year-old College Point resident, has been charged with rape, criminal sex act, menacing and criminal possession of a weapon in the Feb. 21 attack, authorities said.
According to police, Jessup entered the facility, located on Northern Boulevard near Marathon Parkway, at about 7:30 a.m. that day armed with what appeared to be a gun.
He had an appointment scheduled, and when he arrived he took out the weapon and raped the employee, a 42-year-old woman, on a massage table in a rear room of the spa, prosecutors said.
Jessup’s arrest follows the release of video footage last week showing the suspect at the spa the morning of the rape.
Jessup, who faces up to 25 years in prison, is being held in lieu of $50,000 bail. His next court date is March 20.
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