A man tried to rape a woman in a Stuyvesant Town elevator early Friday morning and then hid in a tree after fleeing, a police spokeswoman sa...
A man tried to rape a woman in a Stuyvesant Town elevator early Friday morning and then hid in a tree after fleeing, a police spokeswoman said. The suspect followed the 20-year-old victim into her building’s elevator at 4 a.m. on Oct. 17 and attacked her, according to the NYPD. The woman screamed and struggled with the man, and he fled. Surveillance video shows the man running out the building's front door. He then climbed a tree near the apartment complex and hid there, a police spokeswoman said. He was caught again on surveillance video sometime later as he climbed down the tree and ran away, the spokeswoman said. It was not immediately clear how long the suspect was hiding in the tree. The woman was treated at Beth Israel Hospital, the spokeswoman added. Update Juan Scott, a 26-year-old East Village resident, followed a woman into her building’s elevator and attacked her at about 4 a.m. on Oct. 17, police said. Scott was charged with attempted rape. Police could not say where or how Scott was found, but noted that he was being investigated for other crimes as well. Scott lives just a block away from Stuy Town, on East 13th Street, police said. Later Monday, Scott was charged with a second rape attempt that happened on East 11th Street on June 3, police said. NYPD #financial_support_div{ display:none; position: absolute; width:300px; height:180px; margin-left: -150px; margin-top: -70px; /*- half of width and height */ top:50%; left:50%; padding: 5px; opacity:0.9; filter:alpha(opacity=90); z-index:1000; background-color:#000; color: white; } .close_box{ background: gray; color:#fff; padding:1px 3px; display:inline; position:absolute; right:1px; margin-right: -13px; margin-top: -13px; border-radius:3px; cursor:pointer; border: 1px #000 solid; } $(document).on("click",".close_box",function(){ $(this).parent().fadeTo(300,0,function(){ $(this).remove(); }); }); Loading the player ... Less
