Overview
- Authorities apprehended the 33-year-old in Amsterdam, roughly 30 miles northwest of Albany.
- The arrest was carried out by the NYPD with the U.S. Marshals’ New York/New Jersey and Capital Region fugitive task forces.
- Police say he was wanted in the Jan. 29 assault of a 14-year-old inside a Stuyvesant Town building near First Avenue and the First Avenue Loop.
- Investigators report he followed the victim into the building, attacked her, took her cellphone, and fled on foot.
- The victim was treated at a nearby hospital in stable condition, and prosecutors are expected to file rape charges.