47-year-old man broke into New York home, raped 14-year-old girl

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHAM) — A man faces charges after he allegedly broke into a New York home on the city's northeast side, kidnapped a 14-year-old girl and raped her.

Police said Kelvin Hunt, 47, of Rochester, entered a home on Avenue C early Friday morning with a tire iron, choked the victim and "forcibly performed sexual acts upon her" before covering her head, taking her to another home on Finch Street and forcibly having sex with her.

Hunt allegedly took photos of the victim "for purposes of sexual gratification," pointed a handgun at her and threatened to kill her.

U.S. Marshals found him Sunday at a hotel in Gates, where a loaded .45 caliber handgun and heroin was also recovered, and arrested him following a foot chase.

Hunt is charged with predatory sexual assault, sexually motivated burglary, second and third-degree criminal possession of a weapon, and criminal possession of a controlled substance.

Police said Hunt is a Level 2 violent sex offender, previously convicted of first-degree sex abuse by forcible compulsion in 1995 regarding an incident involving a 13-year-old girl.

"New York state has a statute that provides 3 levels of sex offender registration. Low, which is level 1. Medium, which is level 2. And high, which is level 3," explained attorney Zachary Margulis-Ohnuma. "Those levels are supposed to correlate both to re-offense and how serious re-offense would be."

Margulis-Ohnuma is not affiliated with Hunt's case but has represented both defendants and victims of sexual abuse in the past. He said Level 2 sex offenders like Hunt are obligated to adhere to certain requirements.

"The main thing with people who are registered at Level 2 is there is no specific restrictions on their freedom of movement, except that while they are on parole or probation, they can’t be within 1000 feet of a school or other places where children are," he explained.

Margulis-Ohnuma also said Level 2 sex offenders are mandated to have their information publicly available on the Internet for the rest of their lives. This includes, but is not limited to, the offender's address, current crimes of conviction and multiple photographs if available.

Police said Hunt, who was on parole for a 2004 weapons conviction at the time of his arrest, was also involved in two separate police pursuits recently.

Hunt is known to the victim's family, according to police, and additional charges may be filed as part of the ongoing investigation.

Arraignment was scheduled for Monday morning, but police said Hunt refused to leave his jail cell. He is set to appear in court Tuesday.

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