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.