Man Kidnaps, Sexually Assaults Intoxicated Stranger In DC: U.S. Attorney's Office

WASHINGTON, DC — A 20-year-old man pled guilty to kidnapping and sexually abusing an intoxicated stranger in the stairwell of his apartment building in Northwest Washington, U.S. Attorney Channing D. Phillips announced.

Saul Castillo pled guilty in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia to charges of kidnapping and second-degree sexual abuse. After completing a prison sentence, Castillo will be subject to deportation proceedings, Phillips said. He will be detained pending sentencing on Nov. 3.

Prosecutors say Castillo found the victim in the early morning hours on a sidewalk near Lafayette Square on May 7, 2017.

"She was extremely intoxicated, unable to walk, and told Castillo that she wanted to go to her home," a statement from the Department of Justice says.

Castillo then hailed a passing taxi and brought the victim back to his apartment in Northwest Washington, prosecutors said. Once inside, the victim refused to enter his fourth-floor apartment and repeated that she wanted to go home. The woman fell multiple times and laid down on the hallway floor due to her intoxication, prosecutors said.

The victim tried to push Castillo away, but he blocked her and pulled her back toward his apartment, prosecutors said.

Castillo then lifted the victim and carried her to the fourth-floor staircase, where he sexually assaulted her. His conduct was captured on building surveillance cameras and he was arrested on May 12, 2017.

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