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Yesterday, police scoured Soho for clues after a 19-year-old was sexually assaulted in her apartment building on Prince Street near Sullivan. Police Commissioner Ray Kelly confirmed the victim was followed home from the subway station by the attacker:
"She was followed by an individual who asked her for a cigarette. She did give him a cigarette. She went into her residence; he followed her upstairs. He then accosted her, dragged her downstairs, and sexually assaulted her."The suspect used a box cutter to threaten her. After he fled, the victim "crawled up to her apartment" where one of her roommates called 911. She was taken to Bellevue for her injuries.
Kelly said it was unclear if yesterday's attack was related to a sexual assault on Sullivan Street in April. The suspect is described as a black man, about 5'8" and 200 pounds, with a possibly pockmarked face, and he may be between 20-30 years old. The News reports "Law enforcement sources said the suspect may have a speech impediment or a heavy accent."
Kelly also explained the spike in rapes (before yesterday's attack, here have been 6 rapes so far this year--compared with 3 during the same period in 2007) was because the neighborhood has become more residential. Still, one resident told the Post, "This is getting scary. I feel like predators are all around here. My husband and I talk about moving all the time. We don't want our children exposed to this."
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time to cut off balls of rapist.
girls of nyc, if you see any dudes approach at night time. just run. don't feel bad doing it.
there is no reason for dudes at night approaching girls.
This wouldn't happen if the "Chin" was still living in the neighborhood.
She was followed by the attacker, not "the attacked".
Doesn't the cigarette usually come afterwards?
Smoking ain't cool, girl.
Dear Al Sharpton,
We New Yorkers are still waiting to hear your response...
Sincerely,
Civilized New Yorkers
nine posts till the Al sharpton reference?
you guys are slipping.
God Bless You Reverend Al Sharpton.
Maybe this sort of thing will cause degentrification and make Soho affordable.
Nah, I wouldn't bet on it.
Sad..
I for one would be all for an official policy of summary executions for rapists.
You must be kidding me, right?
Did this comment section just get raided by the KKK? I thought this article was about a poor young girl who was raped. When did this become a forum for racist asswipes?
What a consummate asshole. He mooched a cigarette AND molested her.
Well if you look at were she lives even with roomates she must be paying a pretty penny. To bad her room does not come with a bit of common sense. Oh by the by with unemployment on the rise it seems crime will be going up too.
At least these predators don't have lasers on their shoulders and heat sensors. That would make SoHo EXTREMELY dangerous.
At least he asked for the cigarette.
PSA if somebody comes up to you at 3 AM and asks you for a) a cigarette or b) the time or c) anything else, get ready to be mugged or worse. Create distance and don't stop to talk.
Good advice SJ
When someone fishy (wink, nod) stops to ask you for something at a fishy time or fishy area, he's usually mustering up the balls/sizing you up/waiting for the right time to act.
This is a horrible crime, 100%, but can Gothamist get off this constant NYC Law & Order kick? I can read racially slanted stories like this in the NYPost. At least the fear-mongering line is in bold. "This is getting scary. I feel like predators are all around here." Perfect for FOX News!
where is the sketch or a CCTV shot of the pig? That building must have had some kind of security monitoring.
to #21 and 22, I would add, if you are attractive to these pigs (young and helpless and innocent-looking) and you have a job that requires you coming home at night (after 12am), always have some kind of protection on you, like a tear gas, a "tazer" type shocker, or a box cutter. Be alert walking the streets and entering your building. And take a short self defence class.
I am greatly disappointed and angered by the coward loser that attacked this woman. I have zero compassion, I wish on him 3 times the pain that he has inflicted.
For the rest of us, lets not add to the hate and cowardice with racism. I am a New Yorker, I have been robbed, mugged, and otherwise done wrong, and I am still able to hold that individual criminal responsible, and separate him from large groups that I might think he belonged to.
If you are focusing on the attacker's race, you are missing the point. If you blame the victim, you are missing the point. Ask yourself what you could do to help yourself or the people that you know and love avoid this kind of spineless violence. That is what is important.
who the hell are "the boys?"
Amazing how you assholes mock a rape victim.
Get this under control, Jen. The last time I stopped reading Gothamist was exactly because of the racist shit you let fly here.
Geez, Jen. This is WAY out of control. I guess children and infantile adults need to constantly test their boundaries.
Thanks to the discussion going out of control, we're unpublishing a few of the comments and closing them.