# Miami arrest over three alleged Central Park rapes awaits extradition

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/man-arrested-in-miami-for-three-alleged-rapes-in-new-yorks-central-park/
- Published: 2026-11-11T18:02:38+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-11T18:21:06+00:00
- Original publisher: The Guardian (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/11/man-arrested-alleged-rapes-central-park
- Topics: Politics, World

## Key points

- Miami police arrested a man wanted over three alleged Central Park rapes.
- The alleged incidents were reported in 2021, 2023 and 2026.
- He is being held without bond while awaiting extradition to New York.

## Summary

A 30-year-old man has been arrested in Miami in connection with three alleged rapes in New York’s Central Park, reported in 2021, 2023 and 2026. He is being held while awaiting extradition to New York, where he faces charges; the allegations have not been proven in court.

The latest reported attack was on 24 October, when a 39-year-old woman said a man threatened her with a knife and raped her in a secluded part of the park near Fifth Avenue and 66th Street. Police say Dereck Rivera-Deleon was arrested at the Miami Beach Burger King where he worked and is being held without bond. The restaurant said he had been employed for less than two weeks and is no longer working there.

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