A man accused of raping a woman in Central Park last month was arrested Tuesday while working at a Burger King in Miami, police said, adding that he will also be charged with two prior rapes in the park.
In a social media post, police identified the man as Derek Rivera-Deleon and said the previous attacks took place in 2021 and 2023.
The department has not said how investigators linked him to the attacks or released any details about it. Several days after the October 24 attack, the New York Police Department released images of a man in his 30s wearing a black hoodie.
The most recent attack occurred near East 66th Street and Fifth Avenue around 8:30 p.m., police said at the time. The victim, a 39-year-old woman, was taken to hospital and the man fled, according to police.
NYPD detectives assigned to a U.S. Marshals regional fugitive task force arrested Rivera-Deleon with the assistance of the U.S. Marshals Service, officials told X.
Police have not said what charges he faces in the October attack or when he will be returned to New York.
It was not immediately clear whether Rivera-Deleon had an attorney.
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