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Creep with 16 prior busts charged in attempted rape of 83-year-old NYC woman: cops
A 33-year-old man has been charged with attempting to rape an 83-year-old woman in her Upper Manhattan apartment building. Police say he followed her inside, exposed himself and made sexual advances; the case comes as reported rapes in New York City have risen slightly this year.
Yahiness Holden was arrested in Queens after police questioned him on a subway train and identified him from surveillance footage, according to law-enforcement sources. The alleged incident took place on 26 October near Vermilyea Avenue and West 204th Street; the woman suffered minor injuries, and Holden faces charges including attempted rape, assault, burglary and stalking. The article says he has 16 previous arrests and that 1,774 rapes had been reported citywide through 1 November, compared with 1,740 over the same period last year.
In short
- A 33-year-old man faces charges over an alleged attack on an 83-year-old woman.
- Police say surveillance footage helped identify him after a subway encounter.
- Reported rapes in New York City rose 2% through 1 November.
Explained simply
New York City is divided into five boroughs, and Upper Manhattan is the northern part of Manhattan. Vermilyea Avenue and West 204th Street are in the Inwood neighbourhood, where residents live in apartment buildings and share nearby streets and public spaces.
Police investigate reported sexual assaults, while prosecutors bring criminal charges; a charge is an allegation, and the case must be decided in court. The figures cited for reported rapes count reports made to police, not court findings, and can change as cases are recorded or reclassified.
The case has drawn attention amid a small rise in the number of rapes reported in the city compared with the same period last year. Such figures offer one measure of reports to police, but do not by themselves explain why the number changed or describe every experience of sexual violence.