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Good Samaritan Scares Off Long-Haired Would-Be Rapist

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A police sketch of the suspect
A good Samaritan stopped a long-haired man from sexually assaulting a 19-year-old woman on Staten Island this week. Vince Corrado was taking the garbage out when he heard the girl scream in West Brighton at around 9 p.m. on Monday: “It was a scream of terror, just blood-curdling. I saw someone under a car in front of my house and yelled, ‘Who the hell is it?’ I see a guy get up and run off down the block and then I see a girl stand up," Corrado told the Post.

Corrado later learned that the suspect had thrown the woman to the ground and was trying to take her pants off when he intervened. "She told me the fellow had followed her down the block, ran up on her and knocked her down and started to molest her,” Corrado said. “I have a daughter, so I went down to her to see if she was OK. I walked her back to her house and then we both called the cops. All I could think about is, I have a daughter and I don’t want this guy out there."

Cops described the suspect as white, between the ages of 18 and 23, approximately 5-foot-8 with a slim build; he had shoulder-length blond hair in a ponytail along with a blue T-shirt and light blue jeans. On Wednesday, a former Marine scared off a would-be rapist in the Whitestone section of Queens.

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  • That looks a lot like Richard Ramirez

  • robingee

    He has a daughter, so he's concerned. 

  • ignatiusnyc

    ha ha

  • Sinchy

    only square images, didn't realize.

  • Sinchy

    Poor Katy.

  • TheRealCannibal

    game.... Blouses.

  • LIC_dood

    Wanted for questioning:
    http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lauY...

  • whitecastlerock

    horrible sketch...

  • It looks closer to Richard Ramirez than it does a blonde haired white dude.

  • whatidsay

    Yeah, it really screams "blond hair," doesn't it?

  • And "ponytail"! someone needs a refresher course in sketching.

  • cr17

    Check out some band playing around town. With that sort of build he's got to be in at least 3 of them.

  • birdtird

    Um, if you're a girl, never go outdoors again

  • HankScorpioGC

    So that's what Michael Jackson is up to now.

  • Akhilleus

    " Cops described the suspect as white...he had shoulder-length blond
    hair in a ponytail"

    Yup, they really nailed the sketch.

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