Arrest in Bay Ridge Rape Case

Police have arrested a homeless man for allegedly raping a woman in her Bay Ridge apartment last week. The suspect is identified as Ralph DiMassi, 39, who, according to the Post, is on parole for robbery. The Post adds, DiMassi "was ratted out by a pal arrested on Staten Island for shoplifting." The friend said DiMassi "did something bad to a woman in Bay Ridge last week." The victim had been hit with a screwdriver as she was leaving for work in the morning (the suspect had been lurking in and around the building) and then she was dragged into the basement and raped.

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By Jen Chung in News on September 26, 2008 8:10 AM

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J

HOPE THIS USELESS PIECE OF GARBAGE DIES SOON IN PRISON.SUFFERING AT THE HANDS OF OTHER INMATES AND RAPED HIMSELF!! AIDS AND CANCER WOULD BE GREAT ALSO!! NO PAROLE EVER FOR THIS BASTARD!! AND IF HE EVER GETS OUT, I HOPE HE IS STABBED TO DEATH FIRST DAY OF FREEDOM!! WONDER IF HIS AWFUL TERRIBLE ASHAMED FAMILY WAS THERE?? IF I WAS HIS MOTHER-- GODFORBID!! I WOULD CURSE THE DAY HE WAS BORN!! REALLY WISH HANGING AND BEHEADING WOULD BE BROUGHT BACK.. WE REALLY NEED IT FOR LOSER LOWLIFES LIKE THIS BASTARD!! DIE A LONG TERRIBLE DEATH MR. DiMASSI YOU DESERVE IT!!

handsomedevil

Felix - yeah, because lots of jerkwads will show up and argue that this wasn't a serious crime.

I'm really glad they caught this guy. Expect the Bay Ridge Talk vigilantes to keep focusing on the homeless population of BR.

Spirit of 76

[5] But NYPD didn't solve the case. If the other guy hadn't been arrested for shoplifting and used the information to bargain, the rapist would still be unknown and at large. So I don't see how this was great police work in action.

eyekantspel

I predict less thread rage in this case than against the cat-killer guy. correct.

emilydickinson

I'm not the hugest fan of police in general, but in this case they did a really outstanding job. The afternoon after this occurred, there were cops all over Bay Ridge talking to everyone and putting up police sketches. It's great that they were able to quickly get this creep off the street.

I was speaking with one of the detectives, and they were worried if they didn't catch him fast, the neighborhood would which may have been preferable in some ways.