Queens
By Geoffrey Croft
The Fire Department pulled an 11-year-old child out of the ice waters in Forest Park this afternoon after apparently falling through the ice.
Divers found the boy submerged in Strack Pond about 50 feet from the shore and pulled him to shoreline.
The first 911 call came at 4:05 p.m. for a person in the water.
FDNY performed CPR on the scene. CPR was also performed in ambulance in the way to Jamaica Hospital.
The child is listed in serious condition according to FDNY.
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Tuesday, February 6, 2018
Thursday, August 3, 2017
Police Charge Serial Sex Offender In Queens Parks Attacks
Sketch of suspect Michael Andrade, 45, wanted in a string of sexual assaults on female joggers beginning in 2011 in Forest Park. In September 2013 Police released a new sketch of the suspect wanted in the Forest Park rape and had tied him to five more sexual assaults around the area. At the time a $22,000 reward had been offered for information on the case. The park has a long history of sexual assaults and other criminal activities.
In 2009 two woman reported being raped in Forest Park. In July 2011, Carl Wallace, 30, was sentenced to serve up to 32 years for the 2009 knife-point rape and robbery of a 29-year-old woman in Forest Park.
In 2009 two woman reported being raped in Forest Park. In July 2011, Carl Wallace, 30, was sentenced to serve up to 32 years for the 2009 knife-point rape and robbery of a 29-year-old woman in Forest Park.
Queens
By Geoffrey Croft
Police charged a Richmond Hill man who terrorized women beginning in 2011 in a Queens Park. The victim's ages were between 13 and 69-years-old.
Police arrested Mark Andrade 45, yesterday morning outside his home of 102-14 91st Avenue, at 9:00am after recovering DNA that matched a 2003 park attack of a 24-year-old jogger.
He was arrested for a March 29, 2003 sexual attack of the jogger in Forest Park on a bridle path in which the suspect used a stun gun.
He is also a suspect in five other attacks in the park over six years matching the same the pattern according to police. In all, the pattern consisted of one rape and five attempted rapes.
The female victim was able to grab a beer bottle out of the assailant’s rear pocket she threw it way at the scene. People recovered DNA from the bottle and were able to link him to the crime.
“This one young lady struggled with him and actually pulled a beer (bottle) out of his back pocket and then threw it,” said NYPD Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce.
“We retrieved that beer bottle as part of the crime scene. That’s where we swabbed and got the DNA,” he said at a press conference today.
Mark Andrade is charged with Attempted Rape, Robbery (he took the victim’s cell phone), Assault, Attempted Predatory Sex Assault, Sex abuse and Criminal Possession of a Weapon for using a stun gun.
Police said they were able to recover DNA in two of the cases after he was arrested in Nassau County for grand larceny and his DNA was entered into the database.
His last arrest was in Rockville Center, Long Island for grand larceny in 2015. Following that arrest, he was required to give a DNA sample.
Police have DNA in one other (unspecified) attack in this pattern but he has not yet been charged.
Police say he is responsible for six attacks in total on female joggers on the bridal past between March 2011 and August 2013 but has so far been charged with only one.
Andrade has six prior arrests, none for sex crimes including a 1989 arrest in NYC is sealed and five others in Long Island for grand larceny and insurance fraud.
Pattern
• March 25th, 2011, 11:30 a.m., a 54-year-old jogger was attacked on the bridal path. The woman was jogging early in the morning when a man wearing a black ski mask grabbed her from behind and attempted to pull off her running tights. She fought him off.
• September 7, 2011, 10 p.m., a 13-year-old girl was attacked on the bridal path. The suspect threw her to the ground and attempted to pull her shorts down. The victim screamed and fought off the suspect who then fled the location.
• August 15, 2012, 1 p.m. a 34-year-old female was attacked on the bridal path.
• November 28, 2012, 10 a.m. a 40-year-old was attacked on the bridal path
• March 29, 2013, 7 p.m., a 24-year-old female was attacked on the bridal path. (Crime police charged him with today)
• August 26, 2013, 4:30 p.m., a 69-year-old woman was attacked on the bridal path. (A stun gun was in this attack)
The 2013 sketch released by police of suspect wanted in several sexual assaults of woman in Forest Park.
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Thursday, July 27, 2017
Anti-Gay & Swastikas Messages Found In Queens Park
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Park employees found biased graffiti in Forest Park on Tuesday including messages of violence towards gay people. (Click on images to enlarge)
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Queens
Police are investigating a possible bias crime after Parks Department employees discovered numerous anti-gay statements and swastikas spray painted on rocks and trees in a Queens park NYC Park Advocates learned.
The disturbing graffiti was found in Forrest Park of the orange trail between Lark Lane South and the closed road by 112 street, near the Montauk rail line.
Several violent messages towards gays were found including, “ I Kill GAY PPL,“ and “KILL GAY ppl.”
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| Numerious hate filled messages towards gay people were found scrawled on trees and rocks. |
Swastikas were also found scrawled on several trees.
The disturbing images were scrawled in several colors and were reported on Tuesday afternoon at 4 p.m. in the park which is within the confines of the 102nd Pct.
The vandalism is also being investigated by authorities as a case of criminal mischief.
The area is littered with used condom wrappers.
Earlier this month a man reported being assaulted by a man spewing hate filled anti-gay statements in a playground in upper Manhattan.
“I hope all faggots die” and “I don’t want faggots in this park,” the assailant allegedly said before punching the victim twice in the face and fleeing.
Numerous hate filled messages towards gay people were found scrawled on trees and rocks.
The disturbing images were scrawled in several colors and were reported on Tuesday afternoon at 4 p.m. in the park which is within the confines of the 102nd Pct.
The vandalism is also being investigated by authorities as a case of criminal mischief.
The area is littered with used condom wrappers.
Earlier this month a man reported being assaulted by a man spewing hate filled anti-gay statements in a playground in upper Manhattan.
“I hope all faggots die” and “I don’t want faggots in this park,” the assailant allegedly said before punching the victim twice in the face and fleeing.
Numerous hate filled messages towards gay people were found scrawled on trees and rocks.
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Swastikas were found scrawled on several trees.
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Friday, June 12, 2015
Police ID Lead In Brutal Forest Park Tree Limb Killing
The NYPD are looking for Zoltan Forai, 44, aka Stephen Forai for questioning in connection with the brutal killing of Diego Piedrahita, 23, who was found bludgeoned inside Forest Park yesterday.
Queens
By Geoffrey Croft
On June 10, 2015 at 1526 hours, police responded to a report of an aided male in the vicinity of Park Lane South and Woodhaven Boulevard, within the confines of the 102 Precinct. Upon arrival, officers discovered a 23 year-old male unconscious and unresponsive with trauma to his head. EMS responded to the location and pronounced the male deceased at the scene. The Medical Examiner's Office will determine the cause of death. The investigation is ongoing.
The New York City Police Department is asking the public's assistance in locating the whereabouts of an individual wanted for questioning in connection to the above homicide within the confines of the 102 Precinct.
Details are as follows:
Details are as follows:
Zoltan Forai, 44, aka Stephen Forai. Male, 44 years-old, approximately 5’7”, approximately 170lbs., with brown eyes, brown hair and a beard. This individual possibly frequents the Band shell Area in Forest Park and Victory Field area.
Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS. The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers Website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or texting their tips to 274637(CRIMES) then enter TIP577.
All calls are strictly confidential.
Diego Piedrahita, 23, was found bludgeoned to death by a tree limb inside Forest Park yesterday. Police are looking for Zoltan Forai, 44, aka Stephen Forai for questioning in connection with the brutal killing.
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Tree Limb Used As Weapon In Queens Park Death
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Lead Emerges In Brutal Murder Of Man Found Dead Near Bridge In Forest Park
CBS - June 12, 2015
CBS - June 12, 2015
NYPD seeking suspect in death of man beaten with tree branch in Queens park
New York Daily News - June 12, 2015 - By Molly Crane-Newman, Ryan Sit , Barry Paddock
Thursday, June 11, 2015
Tree Limb Used As Weapon In Queens Park Death
Queens
By Geoffrey Croft
The body of Diego Peerahita, 23, a resident from Booth Memorial Blvd in Queens was found yesterday at 3:30 pm in Forest Park.
Two park goers were walking when they saw blood and followed the trail.
The body was discovered by the abandoned railroad tracks in Forest Park not far from Victory feild near Forest Park Drive & Woodhaven Blvd.
Police believe it was a murder.
The tree limb was not found and police believe the killer may have taken the weapon with him.
The motive remains unclear, the victim had his ID and wallet on him.
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Body Found In Forest Park With A Head Injury
A Walk In The Park - June 10, 2015 - By Geoffrey Croft
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Body Found In Forest Park With A Head Injury
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Wednesday, June 10, 2015
Body Found In Forest Park With A Head Injury
ESU flood lights and an NYPD crime scene vehicle this evening in Forest Park. (Photo: Ed Wendell)
Queens
By Geoffrey Croft
The body of a 23-year-old hispanic male was found this afternoon with a blunt head injury in a Queens park, NYC Park Advocates has learned.
The body was discovered by the abandoned railroad tracks in Forest Park not far from Victory feild near Forest Park Drive & Woodhaven Blvd.
Two park goers were walking around 3:30pm when they saw blood and followed the trail according to a law enforcement source.
Police have set up a very active crime scene.
The medical examiner will determine the cause of death. An ID was found but police have not yet released the name of the victim pending family notification.
A park user playing on Victory Field said they saw police activity in that area of the park on Tuesday night.
Another posted comments on facebook.
Edwin Gardiner Jr Last night after leaving the game after 8PM the firemen and an ambulance showed up looking around for a way to get down. But I was driving off already so I did not hang around but that was on Myrtle Ave. side of Victory Field.
The medical examiner will determine the cause of death. An ID was found but police have not yet released the name of the victim pending family notification.
A park user playing on Victory Field said they saw police activity in that area of the park on Tuesday night.
Another posted comments on facebook.
Edwin Gardiner Jr Last night after leaving the game after 8PM the firemen and an ambulance showed up looking around for a way to get down. But I was driving off already so I did not hang around but that was on Myrtle Ave. side of Victory Field.
Edwin Gardiner Jr Guess they did not realize the other bridge. So I guess that body was there for a day at least.
Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Delays In Fixing Giant Forest Park Sinkhole Creates Hazards
Pedestrians avoid a gaping sinkhole on the sidewalk along Forest Park Drive near Woodhaven Blvd. Local residents say the Parks Department has been slow to fix the sinkhole on Forest Park Drive. Meanwhile it has grown bigger over the last two years. Parks officials said it was caused by erosion and a repair plan is in the works. (Anthony Delmundo /New York Daily News
Queens
A growing sinkhole has been eating away a chunk of sidewalk along a busy stretch of Forest Park for at least two years, creating a hazard for pedestrians and runners, locals said, according to the New York Daily News.
“It’s a big blemish on our beautiful park,” said Marge Augliera, who has lived in Woodhaven for more than 40 years.
“And it’s in an area that is very dangerous to visitors coming to our wonderful carousel and bandshell.”
Parks Department workers placed metal barriers around the crater — which is 4 feet deep and about 10 feet wide — more than a year ago. But the city did nothing more to fix the fissure on Forest Park Drive, residents said.
“We saw the barricades and the sign that says ‘under construction,’ so we knew Parks was aware of the problem, and we assumed it would soon be fixed,” said Ed Wendell of the Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association.
“Then another summer rolled around and nothing had been done. It had grown, and the barricades were still up.”
Parks officials, who believe the sinkhole was caused by erosion from stormwater runoff, are now developing a plan.
We are currently designing a solution, which will include clearing and upgrading existing drainage structures, filling the sinkhole, reconstructing the sidewalk and stabilizing the adjacent slope,” the agency said in a statement.
“A contractor has already been mobilized to begin the work.”
Augliera said leaving such a visible part of the park in disrepair sends the wrong message.
“People will think our park is not taken care of,” she said. “They will just go to other parks.”
Wendell is hoping the next round of participatory budgeting, in which neighborhood residents can vote on how some city money is spent, will focus on fixing up the park.
“Unfortunately, if you walk through Forest Park, you’ll see a lot of busted and broken sidewalks, missing handrails and portions of sidewalks just plain missing,” he said.
“This park needs money and resources.”
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New York Daily News - September 23, 2014 - By Lisa L. Colangelo
Thursday, September 18, 2014
Jogger In Forest Park Robbed
Police released these images of the suspect wanted in Tuesday night's robbery of a 28-year-old jogger in Forest Park. The woman managed to excape after he tried to grab her from behind.
Queens
Police are hunting for a man suspected of mugging a woman who was jogging Tuesday evening in Forest Park, police said according to DNAinfo.
The park has been a focus of daily police patrols in the wake of the six sexual assaults that took place there from 2011 to 2013. Investigators have linked the attacks to one man. This week's mugging brings the number of robberies in Forest Park to at least three this year, according to NYPD statistics.
The 28-year-old victim in Tuesday's robbery, who lives in Richmond Hill, told investigators that she entered the park for a run near Myrtle Avenue near 111th Street, police said.
The woman was running on the main path around 6:15 p.m. when she passed a man who looked at her. She told police that she grew suspicious because he was wearing a long-sleeve gray shirt and baggy blue jeans instead of jogging clothes.
The woman told police that the man then ran up to her from behind and grabbed her by the mouth. When she began to scream, he stole her headphones and fled, police said.
Police described the suspect as being in his late 30s or early 40s, between 5-foot-7 and 5-foot-8, balding with blondish/grayish hair on the side, thin build but with a protruding belly.
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Thursday, July 31, 2014
868 Hypodermic Needles Found Dumped In Forest Park
Queens
Parks workers found a cache of hypodermic needles dumped in Forest Park NYC Park Advocates has learned.
Workers found 868 hypodermic needles in a black bag disarded under a guardrail near Parklane South and 112th Street.
Maintainence and Operation employees made the discovery on Friday afternoon while doing routine cleaning in the park.
- Geoffrey Croft
Parks workers found a cache of hypodermic needles dumped in Forest Park NYC Park Advocates has learned.
Workers found 868 hypodermic needles in a black bag disarded under a guardrail near Parklane South and 112th Street.
Maintainence and Operation employees made the discovery on Friday afternoon while doing routine cleaning in the park.
- Geoffrey Croft
Saturday, September 7, 2013
Police Tie Forest Park Rape Suspect To Five Additional Sexual Assaults - Release New Sketch
Police have released a new sketch of the suspect wanted in the Forest Park rape and have tied him to five more sexual assaults around the area. A $22,000 reward has been offered for information in the case. On August 26th a 69-year-old woman in Forest Park was tasered and raped while jogging. In March a 23-year-old woman was tasered and then sexually assaulted in the park.
Queens
Police have connected the suspect wanted in a Forest Park rape last month to five more sexual assaults in the same area, according to the Queens Courier.
The NYPD, which released a new sketch of the suspect Thursday, said the man allegedly attacked six different females, ranging from ages 13 to 69, between March 2011 and this August.
The latest assault occurred around 4:30 p.m. on August 26, according to police, when the victim, a 69-year-old woman, while jogging through the park, was approached by the suspect, who tasered and pushed her to the ground before raping her.
He is also accused of attempting to rape a 54-year-old jogger on March 25, 2011 in the park, and a 13-year-old on September 7 of the same year near Park Lane and Myrtle Avenue. Both incidents occurred in the morning.
The suspect allegedly then groped a 34-year-old woman at the corner of Woodhaven Boulevard and Park Lane South around 1 p.m. on August 15, 2012.
Later that year, on November 28, he also assaulted another woman. The 40-year-old victim, who was jogging with her dog, was approached by the suspect who touched her with his exposed genitalia.
On March 23 of this year, the suspect allegedly struck a 23-year-old woman with a stun gun and then tried to rape her in Forest Park.
A person was arrested for that sexual assault, but police later said they had the wrong man.
The suspect is described as white, 30 to 40 years old, 5 feet 9 inches to 5 feet 10 inches tall, with light brown hair and clean shaven. He was wearing a black t-shirt and black sweat pants during the August 26 incident.
A $22,000 reward has been offered for information in the case.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS (8477). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto Crime Stoppers website or can text their tips to CRIMES (274637), then enter TIP577. All calls are strictly confidential.
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Friday, August 30, 2013
69-Year-Old, Tasered & Raped In Forest Park
Police released a sketch of the suspect wanted for allegedly tasering then raping a 69-year-old woman in Forest Park on August 26th while jogging. In March, a 23-year-old woman was struck with a stun gun and then sexually assaulted in the park.
Queens
Police are looking for the man they say tasered and pushed a woman to the ground before raping her in Forest Park, according to the Queens Courier.
The attack happened around 4:30 p.m. on Monday, August 26 when the victim, a 69-year-old woman, while jogging through the park, was approached by the suspect.
The victim was taken to Queens Hospital Center, where she was treated and released.
Police describe the perpetrator as white, 30 to 40 years 0ld, 5 feet 9 inches to 5 feet 10 inches tall, with light brown hair and clean shaven. He was wearing a black t-shirt and black sweat pants.
A $22,ooo reward has been offered for information in the case. The city of New York is offering $10,000, the NYPD is paying a $10,000 reward for any information leading to an arrest and conviction of the suspect, and Crime Stoppers is offering an additional $2,000 for an arrest and indictment.
The NYPD has increased patrols in and around the park as cops look for the alleged rapist.
In March, a 23-year-old woman was struck with a stun gun and then sexually assaulted in the park.
A person was arrested, but police later said they had the wrong man.
At the time, park security was increased following the incident and police presence was felt in the days after the attack.
Police are still investigating and could not confirm a connection between the two sexual assaults.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS (8477). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto Crime Stoppers website or can text their tips to CRIMES (274637), then enter TIP577. All calls are strictly confidential.
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Thursday, June 20, 2013
Two NYPD Officers Assigned To Forest Park After Sexual Assaults
Diana Kaouris, one of the police officers patrolling Forest Park. Two NYPD officers have been assigned to patrol Forest Park after a number of sexual assaults. According to the commanding officer of the 102nd Precinct, the two officers will be patrolling the 550-acre area 7 days a week, from approximately 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. (Photo: Ewa Kern-Jedrychowska/DNAinfo)
Queens
Two officers have been chosen to patrol Forest Park after a string of sexual assaults in recent years, the authorities said, according to DNAinfo.
But the patrols will mostly cover the daytime hours at the massive park, which was the site of an early evening sexual assault at the end of March.
Eric Yun, a spokesman for Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley, said the pol "is pleased that the 102nd Precinct is patrolling the park more often and there is a dedicated patrol for Forest Park."
"But we also want to make sure that they are patrolling it at night as well," Yun added.
The officers, Diana Kaouris, 26, and Mary Carter, started patrolling the park last week, said Capt. Henry Sautner, Commanding Officer of the 102nd Precinct, which covers Kew Gardens, Richmond Hill and Woodhaven, at a community council meeting Tuesday.
Kaouris and Carter were chosen out of more than a dozen cops who applied for the job.
“I chose the two best qualified officers,” said Sautner. He described the cops as “very conscientious and very eager.”
The move comes as 10 new officers will be assigned to the 102nd Precinct starting this Friday, increasing the precinct headcount to 156 officers, Sautner said.
The two officers, Sautner said, will be patrolling the 550-acre area 7 days a week, from approximately 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Both cops will work five days each and their hours could change depending on activity levels in the park, which closes at 9 p.m.
“You’ll be seeing them out there. They will be on bicycles, they will be on foot,” he said. “They will be my eyes and ears in the park.”
The patrol was created after a series of attacks targeting women that occurred in the park in recent years and complaints about drug and alcohol use.
The most recent sexual assault took place March 29 about 7:25 p.m. when a 23-year-old woman was attacked while jogging. The suspect grabbed her from behind, shocked her with a stun gun and sexually assaulted her and is still on the loose, cops said.
The officers will also deal with quality of life issues, including drinking alcohol and smoking marijuana in the park, Sautner said.
“They are our liaison in the park (…) almost like an extension of community affairs on a smaller scale,” Sautner said.
Kaouris, who has worked for the NYPD for 5 years, said she applied because she felt she “would be great for the position.” “I’m into the outdoors, I’m into running around and it’s an active position,” she said.
“As a female I want women to be able to approach me and feel comfortable,” Kaouris added.
The other officer, Mary Carter, was chosen the Cop of the Month in April for making five robbery arrests in a one month period, Sautner said.
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Two Cops Chosen to Patrol Forest Park After Sexual Assaults
DNAinfo - June 19, 2013 - By Ewa Kern-Jedrychowska
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
UPDATE: Convicted Murderer Arrested In Forest Park Jogger Taser Attack
Last night police arrested a man who allegedly tasered, robbed and attempted to sexually assault a 23-year-old while she jogged in Forest Park Friday night. He was arrested the day before for another sexual attack.
Queens
By Geoffrey Croft
Richard Kassebaum, 42, a convicted killer from Howard Beach has been charged with attempted predatory sexual assault, attempted rape and sex abuse in Friday's Forest Park attack and robbery.
Police now say Kassebaum was arrested the day before in another sexual attack, this time on a 40-year-old woman, NYC Park Advocates has learned.
Authorities say two days after the Forest Park incident Kassebaum attacked another woman, this time in broad daylight.
He put the woman in a choke hold and grabbed her buttocks. She fought back and he escaped on foot. The incident occurred on March 31st, at 4:45pm at 86-20 Woodhaven Blvd.
Sources say he was caught on video in another part of the park and recognized. He was re-arrested in connection with the Forest Park incident.
He was picked out of a police line-up.
In 1990 Kassebaum pleaded guilty to killing his aunt.
He served 17 years in prison and was paroled in Feb. 2009 and remained on parole.
Barbara Jacoutot, 49, was stabbed numerous times in the chest. She was found in her bed in her Flushing home.
Police charged Richard Kassebaum, then a 19-year-old student at Francis Lewis High School in Flushing, with the gruesome killing.
He served 17 years in prison and was paroled in Feb. 2009 and remained on parole.
The 23-year-old victim was running on the horse trail inside the park around 7:30 p.m. when police say the suspect came out of the woods, tasered her in the neck and then pulled her into the bushes and attempted to rape her.
She fought him off and he escaped on foot.
There were two rapes in the park in 2011.
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Sunday, March 31, 2013
Police Release Sketch Of Forest Park Taser Attacker - Joggers On High Alert
Police released a sketch of suspect wanted in the tazer attack of a woman jogging on a horse foot path inside Forest Park on Friday night. The assailant is described as a while male 35-40 years old, 5'9", medium build, last seen wearing a gold hoop earring, navy blue hooded sweatshirt, navy blue track pants with reddish/brown hair and facial hair. The woman was running through Forest Park in Queens about 7:30 p.m. on Friday when the assailant came up from behind and shoved a stun gun into her neck, police said. (Image: DCPI )
The New York City Police Department is seeking the public's assistance in locating the following suspect who is wanted in connection with an Sexual Assault that occurred within the confines of the 102nd Precinct. The details are as follows:
On Friday, March 29th, 2013 at approximately 1925 hours, the victim, a F/W/23, was jogging inside of Forest Hills Park when the suspect approached the victim from behind, struck her with a stun gun and sexually assaulted her. The victim was taken to an area hospital for injuries sustained to her neck.
The suspect is described as being a M/W, 35-40 years old, 5'9", medium build, last seen wearing a gold hoop earring, navy blue hooded sweatshirt, navy blue track pants with reddish/brown hair and facial hair.
A sketch of the suspect is attached.
Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.
All calls are strictly confidential.
Queens
Terrified Queens joggers peered over their shoulders Saturday after a taser-toting pervert zapped a 23-year-old runner in a foiled rape attempt, according to the NY Daily News.
The woman was running through Forest Hills Park in Queens about 7:30 p.m. on Friday when the assailant came up from behind and shoved a stun gun into her neck, police said.
The would-be rapist then dragged the dazed victim into the bushes near the park’s horse trails, fleeing only after she fought him off, police said.
“I hope they catch that pervert,” said Emily Sutton, 27, who often runs along the same path.
“I never run at night. Too many weirdos.”
Police investigate area near horse trails in Queens’ Forest Park on Saturday after stun-gun attack on female jogger. She was able to fight him off. (Photo by Joe Marino/Daily News)
Sutton, a catering business manager, said she always carries protection in the park.
“If he would have tried that on me, I would have Maced him in the face,” she said.
Cops said the attacker fled the scene and remained at large Saturday.
Katelyn Levin, 32, a medical student who lives near the sprawling park, was jogging on the same trails Saturday when she learned there was a rapist still roaming around. “That’s really scary,” she said after jogging on the stretch near the Jackie Robinson Parkway. “I’m horrified by the thought that there is a predator on the loose with a stun gun.”
Levin complained that the park could use more police protection — and suggested she might don more than just sneakers before her next run.
“I hate guns,” she said. “But seriously, it’s getting to the point where women in New York need to carry weapons to protect themselves.”
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Female Jogger Tasered, Sexually Attacked, & Robbed In Forest Park
A Walk In The Park - March 30, 2013 - Bt Geoffrey Croft
Female Jogger Tasered, Sexually Attacked, & Robbed In Forest Park
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Saturday, March 30, 2013
Female Jogger Tasered, Sexually Attacked, & Robbed In Forest Park
The horse trail in Forest Park where a 23-year-old jogger was attacked from behind and tasered in the neck last night. The assailant dragged the woman into the bushes and tried to take off the woman's shirt. The victim bravely fought back. (Photo: Sam Costanza)
Queens
By Geoffrey Croft
Police are investigating the attempted rape of a jogger in Forest Park last night NYC Park Advocates has learned.
The 23-year-old victim was attacked from behind with a Taser gun and robbed of her I-Phone. The man then attempted to rape her.
The woman was tasered in the neck. The assailant tried to rip her clothes off but the woman fought back
The woman was tasered in the neck. The assailant tried to rip her clothes off but the woman fought back
The horrifying incident occurred last night at approximately 7:30pm on the horse trail in Forest Park.
EMS transported the victim to a local hospital where she was treated and later released.
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Monday, March 4, 2013
Homeless Man Found Burnt In Forest Park
A man out for a walk with his dog in Forest Park on Sunday found found the charred body of a homeless man, 42-year old Paul Bivainis among a makeshift camp in Forest Park. In November the body of a 21-year-old Brooklyn man Thomas Dudley was discovered stabbed to death by workers clearing a pile of trees discarded in the park during cleaning efforts after hurricane Sandy. In May firefighters responding to a brush fire discovered the body of a still-unidentified man on top of a pile of burning garbage located near the spot where Bivainis’ body was found. (Photo by Rich Bockmann)
Queens
A man walking his dog in Forest Park made a grisly discovery on March 3 – the badly burned body of a homeless man who was consumed by flames from a fire he set to keep himself warm, police said, according to the Queens Gazette.
Police responding to a 911 call found the body of Paul Bivainis at Park Lane South and Freedom Drive at about noon on March 3.
Cops said the 42-year-old homeless man apparently set up camp along a walking trail that leads to the spot where the body was discovered. The ground beneath the body was charred and police found a burned plastic bag containing an assortment of items hanging from a nearby tree, police said.
Police sources said investigators also discovered numerous, empty liquor bottles and makeshift cooking grates at the scene.
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Queens Gazette - March 3, 2012 - By Liz Goff
Times Ledger - March 9, 2012 - By Rich Bockmann
New York Daily News - March 3, 2013 - By Barry Paddock
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