By Carol Tannenhauser
The NYPD is looking for the man in the photo above and video below who allegedly sexually assaulted two women early Saturday morning, the first on Central Park West near 82nd Street.
The police released the following descriptions of the crimes.
Incident 1 – 20th Precinct:
It was reported to police that on Saturday, July 16, 2022 at approximately 0400 hours, in the vicinity of Central Park West and West 82 Street, a 23-year-old female victim was walking at the location when an unknown male approached her from behind and forcibly pulled her down to the ground. After a struggle ensued, the individual held the victim down and digitally penetrated her genital area. The individual fled the location on foot, and was seen shortly after traveling southbound on Central Park West on an electric bicycle. The victim sustained abrasions about her body and was transported by EMS to Mount Sinai Morningside for a medical examination.Incident 2 – 9th Precinct:
It was reported to police that on Saturday. July 16, 2022 at approximately 0500 hours, in the vicinity of Avenue A and East 4 Street, a 28-year-old female victim was walking at the location when an unknown male on an electric bicycle approached her. The individual dismounted off his bicycle and forcibly grabbed the victim. The individual stated that he had a knife and pulled the victim to the ground. He displayed his genitals to the victim before forcing her to perform oral sex. The weapon was never displayed. The individual fled the location eastbound on East 4 Street on the electric bicycle. The victim sustained abrasions about her body and was transported by EMS to Mount Sinai Beth Israel for a medical examination.
The video attached is from the first incident listed above.
Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips. All calls are strictly confidential.
Before folks rant about crime and punishment, I think something should be made clear to the victims of these crimes: it’s incredibly unfortunate that something so terrible happened to them, and hopefully they can emotionally and physically recover from this.
In the interest of women in the future being able to spend time outdoors by themselves without a male escort and return home unmolested, your first idea had merit. I
f there is a humane (effective) way to reform the criminals, let’s get to it. (In-patient, please.)
This isn’t a free country until everyone is free.
And if not, there’s still prison. He needs to be locked up.
except to Alvin Bragg and Linda Rosenthal. Jerry Nadler, etc. The victims don’t count. And we all know that
That’s BS.
This is a lie, a big lie. Shame on you.
Why do you think Congressman Nadler has anything to do with violent crime in NYC? You need to understand what a congressional representative is responsible for doing. What a useless comment!
Well Alvin Bragg definitely has a lot to do with crime in NYC. His concern for the right of criminals over law abiding tax payers right to safety is pretty much telling people to go join the dark side.
These young women are about the same ages as my daughters, who also live in the city. Absolutely horrible and outrageous. Hoping the perp is found quickly and in Rikers asap.
Another reason to outlaw electric bicycles. They are emblematic of lawless behavior in the city.
Electric bicycles are NOT THE PROBLEM..Men with intent to RAPE women are the problem
…that’s your takeaway from this? A horrific attack, and all you can think is “well here’s an opportunity for me to rail against electric bicycles?”
I guess it takes all kinds, but that would not have been my reaction here, let me just put it that way.
82nd and Central Park is one block away from the police station. Criminals are bold because they know that the police are not around.
0400 hours is 4:00am. The time of night predators like this might prefer
4:00 AM..is a perilous time for anyone but especially a young woman to be alone on a street..on any street..possibly getting off a work shift..and YES..where are the police..Where is the mayor?..This is not good enough folks..”We aren’t in Kansas anymore Toto” Which by the way has similar problems..This life In AMERICA..
We need a greater effort to support the police. Consider a force expanded so there is one neighborhood officer or deputy on every corner
And of course there is no description of the rapist
I think that’s because there’s a video clip of him.
There’s nothing discernible in the video and you know it. Only the victims know what he looked like and I assume they told the police but this report says nothing about it
Peter G – agree. Where is the description?!?
Also agree how horrendous it is for the victims. Only thing I can say is that overt trauma is understood to be easier to recover from than covert, and they will likely have much support.
I’d be fine with perp punishment having something to do with the offending digits/appendages. They might remember that.
Bring back the guillotine!
Still, some miscreants are gluttons for punishment. And as for revenge, I don’t want to see it. I don’t want anyone outside of prison to see this miscreant again. Let’s prevent others from being hurt. That’s the thing. I just don’t have sympathy for the devil. Good music/bad plan.
No doubt this guy has suffered. But he has no right to fix himself by destroying others.
I’m sure he’ll be happier in prison.
The first video is absolutely terrifying. I will pray for these victims who will now deal with trauma for the rest of their lives. I hope this disgusting criminal is caught and locked up.
I am continually disturbed by the explicit descriptions of crimes reported here. You make the New York Post blush. To hear about digital penetration is really over the top. Please stop reporting on the vivid details of crime in the neighborhood. It is really disgusting and it only serves to drive me away from reading your articles and others from the city.
That’s crime, Maude. It’s vivid, grotesque, violent, intrusive, insulting, traumatizing, It’s a plague. Hiding behind a rose-rimmed screen believing something else won’t change that, nor does it aid in fighting it. Details are instructive and necessary, especially for those who believe we need to continue to coddle hardened criminals.
And walked under one of those sheds – added cover for criminals
Thank you for posting these videos. They are horrifying but instructive especially for young people who grew up in a place that felt so safe they hardly have any street sense. (I’m not being critical – you get street sense when you know people around you get mugged or assaulted, sadly.) This is what getting mugged or assaulted looks like – fast, out of control, horrible. Take care out there. Best wishes to the survivors.
They will catch him. And when they do, it will come to light that he was released without bail for a string of priors. Then the delusional apologists of the failed policy will say that there’s no data linking bail reform to more crime. And then it will all happen again. And again. And again.