Apr 27, 2006 10:58 pm US/Eastern
Littlejohn Pleads Not Guilty To Second Assault
Grad-Student Murder Suspect Faces More Charges
by Tamsen Fadal
QUEENS (AP) ―
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Police escort Darryl Littlejohn to court Thursday.
CBS
The bouncer, charged with raping and murdering John Jay graduate student Imette St. Guillen is now charged with kidnapping another college student last fall.
Darryl Littlejohn, 41, was charged Thursday with abducting another woman last year while posing as a law enforcement officer. He showed little emotion as he stood before a judge listening to the charges.
He pleaded not guilty at his arraignment on charges of kidnapping, assault, robbery and criminal impersonation.
Earlier this morning, under heavy police escort, Darryl Littlejohn entered the Queens County Courthouse just after 9 o'clock.
According to investigators, the victim said the man who attacked her was dressed like a Fugitive Agent. Prosecutors said he was wearing a gun belt with a gun and walkie-talkie.
The woman told detectives she was handcuffed and thrown into his blue van, but she managed to escape with just bruises.
Slideshow: Evidence In Imette St. Guillen MurderAs in the St. Guillen case, authorities said that DNA evidence linked Littlejohn to the kidnapping.
Assistant District Attorney Frank DeGaetano said DNA from the handcuffs was matched to Littlejohn, and the victim was able to identify the suspect's van.
According to DeGaetano, Littlejohn abducted the unidentified 19-year-old woman on Oct. 19, 2005, in South Jamaica.
In court, it was revealed that the victim came forward after seeing a picture of Littlejohn on television during coverage of the murder of Imette St. Guillen.
"He's going to maintain his innocence until the day he dies," said Littlejohn's defense attorney, Kevin O'Donnell.
O'Donnell reiterated that his client was not responsible for either the kidnapping or the St. Guillen slaying.
"He did not touch this woman. He has not touched a woman in a criminal manner in his entire life," said O'Donnell. "He's looking forward to his day in court."
However, NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly said, "This is outrageous. You can imagine the fear this woman experienced."
He was already in custody without bail for the alleged slaying of St. Guillen, a Boston native enrolled in the graduate program at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in Manhattan. Just last month, the bouncer pleaded not guilty to murder charges in the killing of St. Guillen.
March 22: Part I Of Jailhouse Interview With Littlejohn March 22: Part II Of Jailhouse Interview With LittlejohnLittlejohn, a parolee with a long criminal history, was working at a SoHo bar where St. Guillen was last seen alive.
St. Guillen's body was found dumped in a desolate section of Brooklyn on Feb. 25 after she was raped, strangled and suffocated. A white athletic sock was stuffed in her mouth, and her head was wrapped with packing tape.
A manager at the bar where she was last seen told police that Littlejohn escorted her out after closing time and he heard the pair arguing.
Investigators said DNA evidence linked Littlejohn to blood found on ties that were used to bind St. Guillen's hands.
Littlejohn will be back in court June 21.
(© 2006 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report.)
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