Police say the man in the above video forced his way into a woman’s East Village apartment and raped her.
The 22-year-old victim was walking into her apartment on East Seventh Street yesterday around 3:30 a.m. when the man pushed her inside and forcibly raped her, police say. The suspect is described as a 5’6″, 170-pound Hispanic man who wore a white hat, blue sweatshirt and blue jeans.
Update: Police have arrested Fermin Flores, a 32-year-old Washington Heights resident, and charged him with rape, burglary, and strangulation.