NYPD Transit Chief Michael Kemper announced the arrest of a suspect, who has nearly a dozen previous arrests, in the attempted rape of an 18-year-old woman on the subway.
A suspect arrested in the attempted rape of an 18-year-old woman aboard aIsaiah Benjamin, 23, facessex abuse, forcible touching and public lewdness in connection with the attack that happened Sunday aboard the subway train in Manhattan, police said.
Benjamin had followed the 18-year-old woman onto the train at the 125th Street subway station around 10 p.m. before exposing himself and trying to pull the victim’s pants down, police said. A Good Samaritan intervened and helped the woman escape to another train car, according to authorities. The suspect faces charges of attempted rape, sex abuse, forcible touching and public lewdness in connection with the attack that happened Sunday aboard the subway train in Manhattan.
The suspect remained on the train before exiting at the 42nd Street station and fleeing in an unknown direction.Kemper praised "sharp-eyed" officers in the NYPD's District 3 for arresting the suspect overnight.
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