Illegal accused of raping NY teen after slipping into San Diego from Turkey
Sakir Akkan accused of threatening 15-year-old victim with pipe before raping her in his Toyota Prius
By Michael Ruiz Fox News
Published June 27, 2024 10:25am EDT
An illegal immigrant from Turkey is accused of raping a 15-year-old New York girl in his car after threatening to beat her with a pipe, according to local reports.
Sakir Akkan, 21, forced the girl into his green Toyota Prius on May 14 but was not captured until June 18, the Albany Times-Union reported.
Border Patrol agents arrested him in November 2023 at the U.S.-Mexico border in California and released him into the interior, according to the paper. Then he obtained a New Jersey driver's license and a car and settled in Troy, New York.
According to an incident report obtained by Fox News, Akkan coerced the girl into his backseat with a pipe, removed her clothes and raped her there despite her attempts to push him away.
Akkan was being held in an Albany jail without bail. He is due back in court Thursday afternoon.
Court records show Akkan had been stopped in another jurisdiction for an alleged traffic violation 12 days before his arrest.
He has pleaded not guilty to a first-degree rape charge.
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