Overview

• Officers stopped 26-year-old Zion Exum at the Jackson Avenue subway station at about 10:19 p.m. Friday after watching him hop a turnstile, according to the NYPD.
• A records check showed he was wanted in a Sept. 13 investigation in the Williamsbridge area, where a 25-year-old woman was allegedly dragged to the ground and raped, police said.
• Exum is charged with first-degree rape and theft of service tied to the fare evasion.
• Police sources said an anonymous tip in recent days provided a name in the rape case before the arrest.
• Records cited by police show prior arrests, including a Sept. 20 Queens case linked to an Aug. 29 assault, plus earlier assault, menacing, and criminal mischief charges.