NYC woman raped at knifepoint while walking home in Queens: cops
A Queens woman was raped at knife-point while walking home early Friday by a man wearing a 'Scary Ghost Face' t-shirt, cops said.
The 50-year-old victim was at 162nd Street and 89th Avenue in Jamaica when the stranger walked up from behind and threatened her with the knife before raping her around 3 a.m., according to cops.
The attacker, whose shirt featured an illustration of a ghost with a knife, took off south on 89th Avenue, and the victim was taken to a hospital in stable condition.
News of the attack left neighborhood residents on edge.
Dario Martinez, a retiree in his 80s, has lived in the area for more than 20 years and said he was shocked, but not surprised, by the rape.
'Oh my God!' he said with his eyes and mouth wide open when informed of the incident. 'At night, you have to be careful. It's dangerous around here — very, very bad. I'm not surprised. By 9, I don't recommend anybody walking around here, especially the elderly.'
A neighborhood resident who identified herself only as Carmen, 82, said she is afraid to go outside.
'After 6 o'clock in the evening, I do not go nowhere,' she said. 'If I go out, I have to have a vehicle to take me and bring me back.'
Feisty 58-year-old Latrenda Frazier, who takes care of her elderly mother, said she would have fought tooth and nail if the man had attacked her.
'You have to cut me, shoot me….but you are not having sex with me,' she said. 'I would shout, I would scream. I would fight back. He would have to kill me, or he's going to get killed — it's either or, but he is not doing that to me.'
She felt 'really bad' for the victim, she added.
'She probably is traumatized,' Frazier said. 'I hope she regains her confidence. That's not an easy thing to go through.'
The alleged rapist is described as having a light complexion, being between 20 and 30 years old, standing 5-foot-6 and weighing about 120 pounds with black hair, cops said.
He was wearing a black baseball cap with a white Adidas logo, black and white Air Jordan 3 sneakers, and a black sweatshirt emblazoned with red lettering, surveillance photos released by police showed.
Anyone with information regarding the incident 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 Crimestoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/, or on X @NYPDTips.
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Yahoo
2 hours ago
- Yahoo
‘Hall of Fame' repeat offender with some 230 arrests in trouble again with 4 busts in just a month
The serial transit offender with about 230 total arrests who cops slammed as a candidate for the subway crime 'Hall of Fame' is in trouble again as he racked up four more busts over the past month before being dumped back onto the street, law enforcement sources said. Michael Wilson, 37 – who sources say committed 90 percent of his crimes in the subway system – was nabbed for the 25th time this year on Tuesday for allegedly riding between cars on a train passing through the 42nd Street-Times Square station, according to the sources. He then lied about his personal info to arresting officers, according to the sources. Wilson was also busted on May 25 for allegedly lying across multiple seats on a train car in Brooklyn, police said. On May 12, he was nabbed for allegedly smoking crack cocaine on a staircase at Riverside Drive and 104th Street on the Upper West Side, and then tossing the residue down the steps, cops and sources said. And on May 6, Wilson was charged with allegedly smoking crack on a moving train in Harlem, police said. He was released on each of the cases – which is nothing new for the serial offender, who earlier this year drew the ire of NYPD Chief of Transit Michael Kemper. 'If there was a hall of fame for Subway offenders — this guy would be a first ballot inductee,' NYPD Chief of Transit Michael Kemper wrote in a scathing X post. 'And yet, certain parts of our criminal justice system seem to think otherwise.' Kemper's comments came after Wilson's Feb. 2 bust, when cops caught him swiping a rider through a turnstile with a MetroCard in exchange for cash, law enforcement sources said. He was ordered to leave the West 34th Street and Seventh Avenue subway station during the 10 a.m. ordeal, but he refused, and started to flail his arms and stiffen his body in an effort to avoid arrest. Eventually officers placed Wilson under arrest. They found six MetroCards in his possession, which they bent along their magnetic strips to render them unusable. He also had a student MetroCard. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office ultimately let him off without prosecution 'in the interest of justice,' according to sources. Kemper took exception to the DA's rationale, referencing it verbatim in his X post. 'Justice for whom? Recidivist criminals or law abiding NYers who simply want to travel on the subways free of harassment or open acts of lawlessness?' Kemper said. A spokesperson for Bragg said at the time that his office continues to 'hold accountable those who jeopardize the safety of other passengers and transit workers in our subways. 'Last year's decrease in transit crime throughout the borough was the result of close collaboration with our law enforcement partners, and we are continuing that work every day,' the spokesperson said. Before that bust, Wilson was arrested on two criminal tampering charges on Jan. 17, and seven others on Jan. 13, according to the sources. On Jan. 3, he was arrested and slapped with 11 charges – 10 for criminal tampering and one for theft of service, the sources said. The career criminal – whose first arrest was back in 2004 – was arrested 232 times over the years, but dozens of those cases have been sealed, bringing the unsealed total to 170, according to the sources. A whopping 135 of his arrests have been on felony charges, but he's only been convicted of felonies four times, with one of them a violent felony, according to the sources. His parole was also revoked several times, the sources said. He has also racked up 53 misdemeanor convictions, the sources said. Wilson had also been issued more than 30 bench warrants to failure to appear in court, according to the sources.
Yahoo
5 hours ago
- Yahoo
Las Cruces Police release images of suspected vehicle involved in deadly shooting
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Las Cruces Police have released photos of a vehicle believed to have been driven by the suspect involved in the shooting that killed a 14-year-old boy earlier this week. As we've previously reported, the shooting happened around 9 p.m. on Monday, June 2, near the intersection of Solano Drive and Spruce Avenue, where 14-year-old Alejandro Roman died as a result of an alleged road rage incident. Las Cruces Police: 14-year-old dead after alleged road rage shooting According to Las Cruces Police, the suspect is believed to be a male who was driving a white Honda Odyssey or a similar vehicle, such as a minivan or sport utility vehicle. Las Cruces Police said they have obtained the images of the suspect vehicle and are releasing them in hopes of someone recognizing the vehicle or the person who was driving the vehicle on the evening of the shooting. Anyone who has information on who might be responsible for the deadly shooting is asked to call police at (575) 526-0795. According to Las Cruces Police, Crime Stoppers of Las Cruces-Doña Ana County is offering a reward for information that leads to an arrest. To be eligible for the Crime Stoppers reward, tips must be sent to Crime Stoppers. Information can be shared anonymously through Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477. Tips can also be provided through the Las Cruces-Doña Ana County Crime Stoppers app, 'P3 TIPS.' The app is available through the App Store on most devices. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
5 hours ago
- Yahoo
Photos show alleged crypto kidnapping victim 'having a good time' at Soho townhouse
The Brief Newly obtained photos show alleged Italian kidnapping victim Michael Carturan at the posh Soho townhouse of accused torturers John Woeltz and William Duplessie. One photo shows him shirtless and smiling with a neck collar attached to a leash, pulled by a woman. Another video shows him having sex with a woman. Carturan reported escaping on May 23, alleging threats and torture for his Bitcoin password; suspects face charges including kidnapping and assault. NEW YORK - Photos obtained by TMZ reveal a wild scene inside the Soho townhouse where Italian crypto investor Michael Carturan was allegedly tortured and held captive by John Woeltz and William Duplessie. What we know TMZ's photos depict Carturan, whose face is blurred, shirtless and smiling with a neck collar attached to a leash, pulled by a woman. The images, captured between May 11 and May 13, show multiple people in the room, though it's unclear if Woeltz or Duplessie are present. A video, not shown in this report, appears to show Carturan having sex with a woman. What they're saying Charles Latibeaudiere, executive producer at TMZ, said these photos show this case in a new light. "It definitely paints a much different picture from what police and prosecutors have said went down in that Soho townhouse. The question is: Did it change? So what we've seen in these photos that we've obtained, Michael the Italian investor seems to be enjoying himself with the women who are there," Latibeaudiere said. Former NYPD detective Michael Alcazar commented that the photos and video suggest Carturan was a willing participant, appearing to enjoy himself. "The photos and video is good for the perpetrators," Alcazar told FOX 5 NY, "It seems like he was a willing participant. It sure looked like he was having a good time." Alcazar noted that police will identify and question everyone in the videos and photos to verify the events, including checking DNA evidence and fingerprints. The backstory Carturan escaped on May 23, reporting to police that the suspects used a saw to cut his leg and threatened him for his Bitcoin password. Prosecutors say Duplessie and Woeltz lured the victim to the posh townhouse on May 6 by threatening to kill his family. For 17 days, the two investors tormented him with electrical wires, forced him to smoke from a crack pipe and at one point dangled him from a staircase five stories high, prosecutors allege. Duplessie and Woelyz face several changes, including kidnapping and assault. The Source This article uses reporting from TMZ, the Associated Press and background from former NYPD detective Michael Alcazar.
