The alleged rapist entered the park with the victim at the park's 69th Street entrance. (Photos: Geoffrey Croft/NYCPark Advocates) Click on imiges to enlarge
By Geoffrey Croft
Police apprehend the suspect wanted for raping a woman early this morning in Riverside Park, NYC Park Advocates has learned.
The incident occurred inside the park near West 70th Street and Riverside Blvd just before 12:30am today.
Law enforcement sources say the 24-year-old victim met the suspect on the subway earlier in the evening.
According to police they met on board a Brooklyn bound F train, where the suspect told the victim that his 'friend' could offer her a ride to Brooklyn, and that they had to meet him inside of Riverside Park.
According to police they met on board a Brooklyn bound F train, where the suspect told the victim that his 'friend' could offer her a ride to Brooklyn, and that they had to meet him inside of Riverside Park.
Once inside the park, the suspect placed his hands around the victim's neck, choked her and forced her to the ground, where he then raped her.
The victim began screaming for help and the assailant fled the location. The victim was removed to Luke's Roosevelt Hospital.
Police responded to a 911 call of an assault in progress inside Riverside Park. Responding officers canvassed the park, and with a detailed description provided by eyewitnesses at the scene, a 26-year-old male was taken into custody without incident at West 72 Street and Riverside Boulevard, within the park.
Police responded to a 911 call of an assault in progress inside Riverside Park. Responding officers canvassed the park, and with a detailed description provided by eyewitnesses at the scene, a 26-year-old male was taken into custody without incident at West 72 Street and Riverside Boulevard, within the park.
Police arrested Bronx resident Anthony Camillo, 26, of 193rd Street.
He was charged with Rape, Felony Assault- Sexually Motivated (2 counts) and Strangulation.
The suspect led the woman inside the park, where he choked her and forced her to the ground, where he raped her according to police.
With the rash of crime in Riverside Park on Saturday the city assigned the park's only two dedicated park police officers for the entire park to baby sit a small special event on the pier at 70th Street. The officer's shift ends at 11:00 leaving the park without a dedicted patrol from 11:00pm to 7 am.
He was charged with Rape, Felony Assault- Sexually Motivated (2 counts) and Strangulation.
The suspect led the woman inside the park, where he choked her and forced her to the ground, where he raped her according to police.
With the rash of crime in Riverside Park on Saturday the city assigned the park's only two dedicated park police officers for the entire park to baby sit a small special event on the pier at 70th Street. The officer's shift ends at 11:00 leaving the park without a dedicted patrol from 11:00pm to 7 am.
Violent crime in Riverside park is up significantly rising 30% over the last nine months.
In 2015 the park reported third highest number of crimes of any city park and the sixth most violent park.
Violent crime in parks is up 23% city-wide over the last nine months. Four-hundred and seventeen people reported being the victims of violent crime during this peroid.
The de Blasio administration has repeatedly stated that crimes in parks remain "rare.”
They have also stated that parks are "by far the safest place in the entire universe."
Parks Commissioner Mitchell Silver called the 23% rise, a “small uptick.”
With the rash of crime in Riverside Park on Saturday the city assigned the park's only two dedicated park police officers for the entire park to baby sit a small special event. The officers shift ends at 11:00 leaving the park without a dedicted patrol from 11:00pm to 7 am.
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