A Lowell man allegedly raped a woman in Bay Village and attempted to rape a second woman he randomly met in the Theater District last Saturday, Oct. 26, according to court records.

Solomon Wambui, 25, was arraigned Monday in Boston Municipal Court, where he was ordered held without bail under the state’s dangerousness law by Judge Richard Sinnott at the request of Suffolk District Attorney Kevin R. Hayden. He has 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 on the phone with her mother and was on her way to her residence when Wambui allegedly came up behind her on Cortes Street.

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

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

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

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

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

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

She later told police she was walking on Charles Street South when a man started following her. “She picked up her pace and then he did as well,” prosecutors wrote.

Wambui allegedly grabbed the woman and put her hand over her mouth, causing her to struggle to breathe because of her asthma, prosecutors wrote.

Wambui allegedly forced her into the grassy 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 possible, but with his hand covering his mouth, it was difficult,” prosecutors wrote.

The woman was able to get Wambui to stop and walk with 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 looking 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 because he assaulted another victim close in time and close to assaulting the first victim.”

In court papers, 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 criminal record,” prosecutors wrote.

His attorney was not immediately available Friday.

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

His arrest was first reported by the Boston Herald.

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