BOSTON, July 23, 2015—For the second time this week, a man accused in a series of violent rapes has been ordered held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said today.

ALEJANDRO DONE (D.O.B. 9/13/68) of the South End was arraigned in Boston Municipal Court today on two counts each of aggravated rape and indecent assault and battery on a person over 14 and single counts of kidnapping, assault and battery, and assault with a dangerous weapon in connection with a 2007 sexual assault on the Esplanade.  At the request of Assistant District Attorney David Deakin, Done was ordered held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing under Ch. 278, Sect. 58A, of the Massachusetts General Laws, which allows a judge to hold a defendant accused of certain offenses without bail for up to 90 days pending trial upon “clear and convincing evidence that no conditions of release will reasonably assure the safety of any other person or the community.”  That hearing is scheduled to take place in Boston Municipal Court on July 28.

Done was previously arraigned Monday in South Boston Municipal Court on charges stemming from a July 29, 2006, sexual assault in Moakley Park.  During that proceeding, Done was ordered held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing to be held in that court on July 27 – one day prior to the dangerousness hearing in Boston Municipal Court.

Deakin told the court that in the early morning hours of July 29, 2007, Done approached the then-22-year-old victim in the area of Beacon and Fairfield streets.  He allegedly threatened the woman with a knife before assaulting her.  The victim was able to provide Boston Police with a description of her assailant and underwent an examination during which DNA evidence was collected.

State Police criminalists recently matched that DNA profile to Done, who was arrest last year in another sexual assault in Cambridge.  He is currently held without bail while that case remains pending in Middlesex County.

Done may also face charges in connection with similar assaults committed on the Esplanade on June 16, 2007, and about midnight on July 13 into July 14, 2009, and an attack near Preble Circle on June 13, 2010.

Anne Kelley-McCarthy is the DA’s assigned victim-witness advocate.  Done is represented by Tim Bradl.

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