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Alleged Rapist Arrested and Charged

March 6, 2023 | 7:20 AM - Updated on March 7, 2023 | 1:56 AM
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Jamel McIver. NYPD.

By Carol Tannenhauser

Jamel McIver, 30, of 239 East 121st Street, was arrested and charged with the rape of a 21-year-old woman in the stairwell of a West 65th Street building on Saturday, March 4 at 1:20 a.m., the NYPD announced.

McIver was arrested on Sunday, March 5, at 4 p.m., and also charged with Burglary: Sexually Motivated, and a Criminal Sex Act. An NYPD detective told the Rag “McIver’s family alerted us to his location, after seeing his photograph in the media.” His address corresponds to an Odyssey House facility, described on the website as “permanent housing units for homeless people with disabilities.” McIver was also arrested in 2019 for rape, the detective said.

More details will follow if/when they come in.

Editor’s note: Some recently learned details were added shortly after the original post.

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GeorgeCPW
GeorgeCPW
24 days ago

Once again a speedy arrest has been made. Hopefully it may be a modest deterrent, although rapists may be more difficult to deter.

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Janet Schroeder
Janet Schroeder
24 days ago
Reply to  GeorgeCPW

Why was he ever let out?

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DDion
DDion
20 days ago
Reply to  Janet Schroeder

Read this and get mad. Accused NYC rapist was free because no one told court he blew plea deal in assault case.
https://nypost.com/2023/03/08/accused-nyc-rapist-remained-free-despite-blowing-bronx-plea-deal/

When will they (we) ever learn, when will they (we) ever learn…..

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Boris
Boris
24 days ago

Previously arrested for rape in 2019 and a resident of a drug rehab facility. At a minimum, he should have been wearing an ankle monitor in lieu of residing in a jail cell.

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Very concerned parent and neighbor
Very concerned parent and neighbor
23 days ago
Reply to  Boris

A tragedy and life long trauma to the victim. In the name of opportunities offered to a repeat sex offender who should have been in jail. A life long tragedy to the family of the woman recently murdered on 83rd St between Columbus and Amsterdam in the name of housing and job opportunities offered to a repeat offender that should have been highly monitored as he transition back to life outside jail. This is what we can expect to happen again and again at the homeless shelter 106-108 on 83rd St between Columbus and Amsterdam.

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CardiZ
CardiZ
24 days ago

Ten years minimum!!!

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Dani
Dani
24 days ago

So, there was no conviction and jail time for the 2019 rape?

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Marc
Marc
23 days ago
Reply to  Dani

That Judge should share his cell !

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Peter G
Peter G
23 days ago
Reply to  Dani

No, because it was an “attempted rape”

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/sleeping-girl-sex-attack-break-in-house-bronx-nypd-police-new-york-city/1778964/

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Cathy
Cathy
23 days ago
Reply to  Peter G

He broke into a strange girl’s apt and made her touch him.
That is sexual assault!

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life long upper-west-sider
life long upper-west-sider
23 days ago
Reply to  Peter G

Give me a break. He crawled into the bedroom of a 16 year old girl and forced her to touch him. But he should be let off because it was an “attempted rape”? Why is this world so insane? Why are dangerous people allowed to commit crime after crime? What about the rest of us? Why should we live in terror? This is the United States, not Nazi Germany. Or maybe it is.

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UWS-er
UWS-er
23 days ago
Reply to  life long upper-west-sider

Comparisons to Nazi Germany never help convince anyone that you’re right. They just offend people who may have had family members who perished in Nazi Germany. Please think before you post like that in the future. Thanks.

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S.B.
S.B.
24 days ago

This is a terrible crime, and I hope the arrest brings some comfort to the victim. My thoughts are with her. A quick google shows that the Odyssey Houses are the facilities on Randall’s Island where many registered sex offenders are housed. Why was this man allowed to freely roam the city after being arrested of the same crime in 2019?

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Richard H
Richard H
24 days ago

Great police work. Unfortunately, I’m sure we will be seeing a lot more of this when the shelter opens up on West 83rd street.

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Betty
Betty
24 days ago
Reply to  Richard H

Parents turned him in.

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Juana Y.
Juana Y.
21 days ago
Reply to  Betty

Own family doesn’t want him living with them and city wants to house him next to families who have no idea of his past! Then try to shame us by calling us names.. His own family isn’t covering for him.

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UWSer
UWSer
24 days ago

Kudos to his family for helping law enforcement.

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joe cee
joe cee
24 days ago

I am relieved that the alleged suspect was apprehended. It’s apparent that our police are doing the best they can and seem to be extremely capable of catching criminals AFTER the crime is committed however it doesn’t make us any safer knowing that these vicious savages are roaming our streets regularly.

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Sam Katz
Sam Katz
24 days ago
Reply to  joe cee

No one is psychic enough to predict crime.

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Al Cisneros
Al Cisneros
23 days ago
Reply to  Sam Katz

Proactivity may prevent it.

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Rehab, No, No, NO!
Rehab, No, No, NO!
23 days ago
Reply to  Sam Katz

And no one is ‘psychic’ enough to guarantee rehabilitation either.

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Brie Hoffman
Brie Hoffman
23 days ago
Reply to  Sam Katz

Really, I think one’s past is a good indicator of one’s future.

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Josh
Josh
22 days ago
Reply to  Brie Hoffman

We live in a country where we are (supposed to be) governed by the rule of law. You cannot proactively arrest and incarcerate a person before they break the law because they haven’t broken the law. It didn’t work in Minority Report either.

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Susan
Susan
24 days ago

With no background checks, should we expect at least some similar “vulnerable” residents to be placed in the new Safe Haven facility planned for W. 83rd Street?

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Very concerned parent and neighbor
Very concerned parent and neighbor
23 days ago
Reply to  Susan

In the NYT this morning. Like it is the case for Breaking Ground the non profit sponsoring the new homeless shelter on 83rd and Columbus “ People are referred to Homebase through government agencies, politicians and even from 311 calls, and Homebase does outreach at community events.” No vetting necessary.

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Carlos
Carlos
24 days ago

Rinse, lather, repeat. Unfortunately, I feel like WSR can start using ChatGPT to write these stories as they have become so predictable (no offense to WSR – thank you for your great coverage!).

There are some people who for whatever reason should not be among the general population. It is a horrible thing to say, but they have challenges that need to be resolved. Send them far away where there is less chance that they can do harm to others. In this case, now that he has committed this horrible crime, I define far away as a jail cell for the rest of his life. But for others who are clearly at very, very high risk of such behavior, that should be facilities in remote locations, far from the city. The bar for this should be set very high – this should be taken very seriously. But I think we have all seen many people who qualify for this and would be best served elsewhere, not in a lightly staffed facility in a very densely populated city. Provide incentives like college loan forgiveness and similar plans to get talented people to want to live in these remote areas to help these people who clearly need help.

Once again, the needs of law-abiding citizens should be a higher priority than the rights of those who cannot follow the law.

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KittyKate
KittyKate
23 days ago
Reply to  Carlos

What is the article missing? Looks like they included the facts?

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Carlos
Carlos
23 days ago
Reply to  KittyKate

I didn’t say the article is missing anything. I commended WSR on their reporting. What I was saying is that all of these articles unfortunately seem to be the same as this horrible crimes are happening more frequently. That is not a knock at WSR – they are doing a great job. It is a knock at the increase in crime on the UWS. I thought I was pretty clear about that when I thanked WSR…

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Elizabeth
Elizabeth
24 days ago

And kudos to his family for aiding in the investigation

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Steven
Steven
24 days ago

“ McIver was also arrested in 2019 for rape”
How can this happen, that this guy was let out and back on the street?

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Jen
Jen
24 days ago

Defund the ….! No, wait. Actually we need more police.

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Ed(NY)
Ed(NY)
23 days ago
Reply to  Jen

I think you’re confusing the Democratic party, which has never advocated defunding law enforcement, with the Republican party which has stated – publicly – that it wants to defund the FBI.

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DDion
DDion
22 days ago
Reply to  Ed(NY)

DiBlassio, a democrat, defunded the NYC police by 1 billion dollars in 2020.

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Erica
Erica
22 days ago
Reply to  DDion

No, that was mostly fake news. He just moved the school security officers budget line from police to education.

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Yea
Yea
21 days ago
Reply to  Erica

It was not fake news. He defunded the police when they were most needed. He was the worst mayor NY ever had and he was a hardcore democrat supported and voted for by democrats.

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DDion
DDion
22 days ago
Reply to  Erica

You are wrong. One billion dollars was taken out of the police budget. Say it ain’t so all you want, but it was done.

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Hello?
Hello?
24 days ago

Is Bragg going to release this scum or will he do his job once and for all?

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Sam Katz
Sam Katz
24 days ago

Kudos to the NYPD for arresting this guy in two days. And thanks to the family who no more wants this perp in their sphere than anyone else does. Sex offenders will grab anyone, including family. This is a scary time knowing that the State does not hold offenders just because someone thought “bail reform” was a good idea.

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Maylin
Maylin
24 days ago

His 2019 crime:

https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/fire-escape-intruder-arrested/

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Juan
Juan
23 days ago
Reply to  Maylin

Thanks for finding this. What was his sentence?

I hope his prior offense factors into sentencing for this one. That would be logical – there should be greater penalties for those who have committed multiple crimes. Allowing for the past offenses to gradually factor in less as they become more in the distant past (which is not the case here).

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Maylin
Maylin
23 days ago
Reply to  Juan

AND…. It appears from matching details to the 2019 arrests, which details 7 arrests between 2017-19, that he was arrested for child abuse in 2013, when he was 21.

https://doverpolice.org/2013/12/09/man-arrested-for-assaulting-2-month-old-12-8-2013/

(WSR the name, details, and photos match in this and the 2019. the dots do all connect, as I’m sure your reporters are finding as well.)

Last edited 23 days ago by Maylin
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Maylin
Maylin
23 days ago
Reply to  Juan

I don’t know his 2019 sentence.

But per the NYPost “He has eight prior arrests from between 2017 and 2019, a police source said.”

AND a woman posted in yesterday’s crime article’s comments that this is the same man that she and others called the police about LAST WEEK for exposing himself to a young woman in Central Park. The commenter wrote the police came and let him go.

Last edited 23 days ago by Maylin
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David Kleinberg-Levin
David Kleinberg-Levin
24 days ago

After the offender’s first arrest for rape, he should not still be free to roam the streets for more victims! That he was free is shocking to me. Tragically misguided benevolence and compassion! That’s not justice!

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Sharon
Sharon
24 days ago

Another repeat offender. It’s the same horrible story over and over and over. Yet, UWSers continue voting for the same terrible politicians who perpetuate this insanity.

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Rita
Rita
24 days ago

Thanks so much to the wonderful police who caught him!!! This loser had raped someone in 2019 along with other crimes and now did terrible damage to his latest victim who may never recover emotionally. He should never have been out on the street like so many like him. And now we are getting a 108 bed homeless shelter on west 83rd st. What could possibly go wrong???

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Jean
Jean
24 days ago

So rape 2X? Charming fellow and wonderful DAs. Thanks for making us feel less safe.

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Joey
Joey
23 days ago

Thank you NYPD
Cuff him and stuff him
Book him Dano
Put him in and throw the key away

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Look At The Details
Look At The Details
23 days ago

He was arrested for rape but not necessarily convicted. If not convicted, why not? Sounds like someone dropped the ball

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Dv CPW
Dv CPW
23 days ago

Why not leave him in prison if he was convicted before in 2019?

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Evi
Evi
23 days ago

On a related topic – the City is progressing with the plan to close Rikers and build new jails in Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens.

Yes there needs to be criminal justice reform – but instead of building jails in residential areas (also hugely expensive), the space on Rikers should be used:

1. Build new, humane and therapeutic jails on Rikers for people who need to be detained pending trial (typically violent felonies). New space should include drug treatment, mental health, education etc. Free shuttle bus for visiting families.

2. Build new voluntary residential which includes drug rehab, mental health etc for people who are not detained pending trial – but want/need intensive wraparound therapeutic services.

Need to message Mayor and City Council

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Jan
Jan
23 days ago

revolving door of our justice system. Repeat offenders going free to rape , murder and rob.

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SweetHomePuntaCana
SweetHomePuntaCana
23 days ago

So he committed a sexual assault in 2019 and he was roaming the streets? God knows if that criminal has other victims that are afraid to come forward to report him, i’m so tired of the politicians feeling sorry for the perpetrators, it is time to put them where they belong and to start caring about the people they victimize. Now it is time for The DAs office to grow a pair and do their job, this guy must never walk the streets again, he is a predicate felon.

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The Cat Who Ate the Rat Who Ate the Cheese
The Cat Who Ate the Rat Who Ate the Cheese
23 days ago
Reply to  SweetHomePuntaCana

“…. i’m so tired of the politicians feeling sorry for the perpetrators…”

Politicians do not care about perpetrators or victims or constituents.

Politicians care about campaign contributions/contributors; about who can employ their family and friends; about who can do business deals with cronies, who in turn make campaign contributions and employ family and friends.

Politicians care about the executives at ‘non-profit’ social services agencies, who manage immense city contracts and receive taxpayer-funded executive-sized salaries, who in turn make campaign contributions and employ family and friends, and do business with political cronies.

Politicians care about landlords who rent shelter properties to city-funded ‘non-profit’ social services, with said landlords in turn making campaign contributions and employing family and friends, and doing business with political cronies.

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Jo Silverman.
Jo Silverman.
22 days ago
Reply to  The Cat Who Ate the Rat Who Ate the Cheese

The unholy trinity – bankers, lawyers and POLITICIANS

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ObviousAnswer
ObviousAnswer
23 days ago
Reply to  The Cat Who Ate the Rat Who Ate the Cheese

And there is the answer. City council and mayor should experience a high rate of turnover until the trend becomes positive.

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Balebusta
Balebusta
23 days ago

“Alleged” rapist — LOL. Oh please. He was practically caught in the act. And a repeat offender no less. My husband has been begging me to move to Israel — he feels the threat of terrorists in Israel would be a lesser threat than the local crime here and at least in Israel criminals get arrested and punished accordingly rather than here in NYC where serial rapists, thieves and murderers act without impunity.

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Neighbor785
Neighbor785
23 days ago
Reply to  Balebusta

What if Israel becomes some version of fascist?

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Practical neighbor
Practical neighbor
22 days ago
Reply to  Neighbor785

What if the UWS withdraws even more support from the police as so many voters have been asking? What if Alvin Bragg is re-elected by fellow UWSers?

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CardiZ
CardiZ
23 days ago
Reply to  Balebusta

Before making such a big move across the world, perhaps try another neighborhood. Personally I think the UES is much safer than the UWS. I would move in minute but I’m stuck here for various reasons.

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Will
Will
23 days ago

Now please hold him, charge him, and jail him for decades.

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NYC_GUY
NYC_GUY
23 days ago

” Odyssey House facility, described on the website as “permanent housing units for homeless people with disabilities.” “. That description, quoted by WSR, is simply false. It is a drug addiction treatment center.
In 2019 a toddler was found dead in its lobby, https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20170103/east-harlem/odyssey-house-toddler-death/ . As another reader noted, McIver was arrested in Delaware for beating the tar out of his 2-year-old.
Obviously, addicted previously violent offenders can’t be trusted to behave in open society. I don’t know the correct solution. But,dumping them free to roam NYC, not exactly tough to get high here, is not it.

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Good luck to us
Good luck to us
23 days ago

I suggest you investigate why this recidivist rapist was on the loose after attacking another woman in 2019. Is bail reform to blame? Inform your audience please

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stu
stu
23 days ago

a previous arrest, huh! our court’s hero, Turn’em loose Bruce rides again. How long before he’s on the street again, 1 or 2 days?

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stu
stu
23 days ago

cudoos to his family. They are honorable and should be thanked

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DDion
DDion
22 days ago

Arrested for rape in 2019.
Arrested for rape, again, in 2023.
This will go on, and on, and on, until the justice system will grow some of its long lost balls, and carry our justice as it should be. If found guilty, lock him up for 10-20 years, or better yet, life with no parole.

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Chris
Chris
22 days ago

Why was this guy given a rape do-over? He should have been in jail for his last rape.

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B.B.
B.B.
21 days ago

Never should have been out on streets, but New York’s wonderful criminal justice system system once again messed up.

https://nypost.com/2023/03/08/accused-nyc-rapist-remained-free-despite-blowing-bronx-plea-deal/

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