Overview

• Michael Benjamin, 57, arrived in New York City on Thursday morning and is expected to be arraigned in Queens State Supreme Court.
• He was arrested on Aug. 1 in Georgia by the Rockdale County Sheriff's Office and was extradited to New York for prosecution.
• Prosecutors charge he raped five women in Laurelton between August 1991 and Aug. 7, 1992, with victims ages 21 to 42 and one woman attacked twice.
• Investigators report a fingerprint from a crime scene was retested in 2024 using newer technology, producing a match that enabled them to obtain his DNA.
• Authorities describe a consistent method of entering through windows, tying victims' hands, threatening them with a weapon, and stealing valuables, and records list him as a Level 3 sex offender from a 1990 attempted‑rape conviction.