A Lowell man allegedly raped a woman in Bay Village and attempted to rape a second woman he randomly encountered in the theater district early Saturday, Oct. 26, according to court records.

Solomon Wambui, 25, was arraigned Monday in Boston Municipal Court, where Judge Richard Sinnott held him without bail under the state’s dangerousness law at the request of the Suffolk District Attorney’s Office. Kevin R. Hayden. He pleaded not guilty to charges of rape and assault with intent to rape, records show.

A 26-year-old woman was walking home in Bay Village around 4:30 a.m. after working late, according to court records. The woman was talking on the phone with her mother and was heading to her residence when Wambui allegedly approached behind her on Cortes Street.

“Can you go?” the woman asked Wambui, according to court records. “‘Can I have some personal space?’ “

Wambui allegedly responded by insisting that the woman “come with me.” I can help you. I can take you home,’” prosecutors wrote in court documents.

At that point, Wambui allegedly grabbed the woman by “the front of her neck and then from behind and dragged her to the ground” and raped her, prosecutors wrote.

“The entire attack and rape of the first woman was caught on video,” according to prosecutors.

As Wambui fled down Arlington Street, the woman recorded him on her cell phone, called 911 and provided Boston police with a description of her attacker. Officers began searching the area and saw a man matching Wambui’s description leaving Eliot Norton Park on Charles Street South around 5:15 a.m., according to prosecutors.

A 47-year-old woman seen walking near the suspect told police the man had sexually assaulted her, prosecutors said.

She later told police she was walking on Charles Street South when a man began following her. “She quickened her pace and so did he,” prosecutors wrote.

Wambui allegedly grabbed the woman and put his hand over her mouth, causing her to have difficulty breathing due to her asthma, prosecutors wrote.

Wambui allegedly forced her onto the grass section of the park and assaulted her, prosecutors said.

“She was crying. She tried to get away from him by twisting and contorting her body. “The victim tried to scream as much as she could, but while her hand was covering her mouth it was difficult,” prosecutors wrote.

The woman managed to convince Wambui to stop and walk her out of the park, prosecutors wrote. “The victim convinced the defendant to leave the park to see if he could get away from him,” prosecutors wrote.

Police searching for the man who raped the woman on Cortes Street saw Wambui, noticed his zipper was open and he was bleeding from a scratch, prosecutors said. Officers arrested him in connection with both attacks, prosecutors wrote.

“The nature and circumstances of these crimes can only be described as violent, cruel and absolutely heinous,” prosecutors wrote. “The only reason he was discovered and ultimately arrested was due to the fact that he assaulted another victim close to the time and proximity of the assault on the first victim.”

In court documents, prosecutors said Wambui has no prior convictions for domestic violence and was not on probation for a recent conviction of any kind. “The defendant has no prior convictions,” prosecutors wrote.

His defense attorney was not immediately available Friday.

Wambui is due back in court on November 22. He is also detained with $50,000 in cash.

His arrest was first reported by the Boston Herald.

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