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Suspect Wanted For Sex Attack Inside Flushing Meadows Corona Park Earlier This Month: NYPD

A sketch of the alleged suspect (NYPD)

Oct. 21, 2020 By Michael Dorgan

Police have released a sketch of man wanted for an alleged sex attack inside Flushing Meadows Corona Park earlier this month.

The NYPD said the suspect approached a 34-year-old woman on a footbridge inside the park at around 6:30 p.m. on Oct. 8 and grabbed her from behind. He then sexually abused the woman before fleeing northbound through the park, police said.

The incident took place on the bridge near exit 22 on the Van Wyck Expressway.

Police said the woman was not physically injured and did not need medical attention

No other details surrounding the attack have been released.

Anyone with information in regard to the identity of this male is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM, or on Twitter @NYPDTips.

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NYPD / Park Police should patrol the park more . Too many bums , vandalism & littering in Flushing Meadow park.

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TC on 32.

The description should be:
Male black
20 – 30 yrs old.
Has a Afro hair or may have braids .

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Why does the Radical Right want everything to be PC?

Would it have offended you less if it was phrased that way? There’s a depiction of the suspect at the top of the article. It’s under this thing called a “title.”

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