Ex-Marine Scares Would-Be Rapist Away From Victim

Police sketch of suspect

Yesterday around 9 a.m., a former Marine was dropping his daughter off at the baby-sitter's house in Whitestone when he heard screams from a wooded area. It turned out a man was trying to rape a woman. At first, it was unclear what was going on, but Bryan Teichman told the Daily News, "When I saw him throw her over the guardrail, that's when I knew it wasn't play." So he jogged over and starting screaming, "Get the f--- off her!"

Police say that Teichman's screams scared the man enough into running away from Cross Island Parkway and 148th Street. Teichman said the man had a hand over the woman's mouth as he ripped her jacket. The suspect ran away along the highway before police arrived. It's believed the victim, 33, was targeted as she waited for her carpool.

Now police are looking for the suspect, who is described as being in his 50s—Teichman said he was a "clean-cut white man, 45 to 55 years-old, weighing about 220 pounds, with salt-and-pepper hair and a goatee."

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By Jen Chung in News on September 29, 2011 3:44 PM

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Bareheaded Woman

omg it's george clooney!

Colonel_Ingus

New York times headline reads: "Republican Ruins Elderly Man's Day"

Ragingsemi

It would have been even better if he used his skills as a marine to rip the guys esophagus out of his throat mortal combat style. Then we give him a parade, and everyone in the country chips in and gives the guy a dollar which works out to $307,006,550.

whiteiris

A parade. Are you kidding? In New York the marine would have been thrown in jail and the rapist would have received money, therapy and perhaps an appearance on Good Morning America to figure out why America made him do it.