NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — A man who demanded money from a stranger he met on Grindr before forcing him to engage in sexual acts and robbed another victim he met through Locanto at knifepoint has been indicted, the Queens district attorney's office said Monday.
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Jadu Davindra and the first victim met on the dating app Grindr on May 20, 2021, and decided to meet in person at Davindra's house later that night, according to the charges.
The victim and Davindra initially engaged in consensual sexual activity in the apartment before Davindra ordered him to undress, restrained him with a belt and forced him to engage in non-consensual oral and anal acts.
Davindra also threatened the victim with a pair of scissors and demanded the victim transfer him a sum of money using an app on his phone.
Prosecutors said that on the evening of Oct. 27, 2021, Davindra and a second victim connected on the classified advertisement website Locanto and decided to meet up in person at the victim's apartment. After a consensual sexual encounter, Davindra allegedly displayed a knife and demanded money.
The victim fled his apartment and sought help. Later, the victim observed Davindra running from his apartment. Multiple personal items belonging to the victim were missing upon his return to the apartment.
"Although social networking platforms help us create new connections, this case serves as a dark reminder that these apps are often exploited for brazen criminal activity," Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz said. "As alleged, this defendant used several apps to sexually assault, threaten and rob two unsuspecting victims, causing not only physical but psychological trauma."
Davindra who was out on bail following an arrest over the first incident, surrendered to a local precinct on Nov. 17, 2021.
He was arraigned on a nine-count indictment in Queens Supreme Court Monday, charging him with two counts of first-degree criminal sexual act, two counts of first-degree robbery, two counts of third-degree criminal possession of a weapon, two counts of second-degree menacing and one count of fourth-degree grand larceny.
Davindra faces up to 50 years in prison if convicted, according to a news release.
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