A man already convicted once for groping women across Covington's Mainstrasse neighborhood is now facing rape, abduction and kidnapping charges after a woman told police she escaped his locked car by climbing through a window. Cameron Chambers, 34, was arrested on the rape charges following a reported sexual assault at a Sharonville extended-stay hotel earlier this month.
According to WLWT, Chambers now faces charges of rape, abduction and kidnapping in Hamilton County, and the case is scheduled to head to a grand jury. The outlet notes Chambers was previously convicted in 2023 after multiple women reported being groped or followed in Covington.
Sharonville police were called to the Studio 6 Extended Stay Hotel on Hauck Road on Nov. 5 for a report of a sexual assault, according to Fox19. The woman told police that she and her boyfriend had met a man, later identified as Chambers, earlier that evening, the station reported.
Woman Says She Fled Through Car Window
According to an affidavit cited by Fox19, Chambers drove the woman to a closed gas station and then to the parking lot of a different business, where he allegedly locked the car doors and began touching her leg in a sexual way. The report states she eventually escaped by climbing through an open car door window and ran back to the hotel.
The station's account does not detail how the alleged encounter at the hotel began beyond the initial meeting described by the woman. Fox19's reporting also lays out Chambers' recent legal history: he was convicted of criminal mischief in October 2025 after brushing a woman's buttocks inappropriately several times, and in September he pleaded guilty to menacing by stalking for a separate incident that occurred in October 2025.
Covington Groping Case Dates Back to 2022
The Covington case involved reports spanning September 2022 to June 2023, but Chambers was charged in connection with one reported incident. The Northern Kentucky Tribune reported that Covington officers received reports involving six women in Mainstrasse during that period and that the charge against Chambers concerned an incident on June 2, 2023.
Bond figures from that 2023 arrest vary by outlet. The Northern Kentucky Tribune reported Chambers was lodged in the Kenton County Detention Center with a $1,000 bond, while WCPO reported a judge set his bond at $5,000 and ordered Chambers to stay away from Mainstrasse if released. The discrepancy between the two reports has not been resolved.
The Covington case and victim services
According to WCPO, police received reports involving six women between September 2022 and June 2023, while the charge against Chambers was tied to one June 2 incident. The Northern Kentucky Tribune reported that he received a 90-day jail sentence, served 60 days and was ordered to stay out of Covington. For general victim-service information, the Hamilton County Prosecuting Attorney's Office lists victim services on its website and gives its office number as (513) 946-3000: Hamilton County Prosecuting Attorney's Office.
Neighbors Describe Years of Fear in Mainstrasse
The Northern Kentucky Tribune also reported accounts from Mainstrasse residents, including Jean, who said Chambers yelled obscenities at her from his car and followed her home. She said she got inside before the encounter turned physical.
Jean told the Tribune she believed a local television news story about the case helped bring attention to it.
The Tribune reported that Chambers received a 90-day jail sentence in the Covington case, served 60 days and was ordered to stay out of Covington.
Residents also used home security footage and warning flyers during the investigation, the Tribune reported.
What Comes Next
The rape, abduction and kidnapping charges in Hamilton County are still allegations, and the case is headed to a grand jury rather than having already been adjudicated, per WLWT. Ohio law treats abduction as a distinct offense under Ohio Revised Code Section 2905.02, which states simply that whoever violates the section is guilty of abduction; the available text does not detail how that statute applies to the specifics of Chambers' pending case.
