Overview

• Xavier Chapman, 30, was arrested and charged with rape, sexual abuse and harassment in the early-Wednesday assault in Belmont, police said.
• Investigators released footage the next day and the NYPD Warrants section located Chapman through an extensive video canvass, according to officials.
• The attack occurred around 3 a.m. at Park Avenue and East 183rd Street, and the assailant fled after the victim screamed, authorities said.
• Chapman has a prior April arrest for public lewdness that was later adjourned in contemplation of dismissal, the district attorney’s office said.
• A separate suspect was arrested and charged in an unrelated Kingsbridge street rape a day earlier, as NYPD data show Bronx rape reports up 27.5% this year, a rise police partly attribute to broader legal definitions.