Man accused of raping 13-year-old girl in New York City was arrested with help from local residents

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A 25-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the violent child sexual attack that has terrorized New York City's Queens community for days and shocked New Yorkers throughout the city, police said Tuesday.

Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said at a press conference on Tuesday that he entered the U.S. from Ecuador through Eagle Pass, Texas, on June 25, 2021. People living with him at a rooming house recognized him from the wanted posters. Jeffrey Flores told NBC New York he recognized Inga after police released a sketch and video of him on a bike. Flores decided to take some friends to wait at a bodega on 108th and Waldon streets the suspect frequents for cigarettes and drinks. Another man said they waited for Inga for hours. He eventually showed up in the middle of the night. “I told everybody yo this the rapist. I punched him. I kicked him. I ain’t gonna lie,” said Flores.

officials had pleaded with the public Friday for help identifying the tattooed stranger they say forced the schoolmates into the woods. They had offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest. Police thanked the community for helping identify the suspect. “This is exactly what we mean when talk about public safety is a shared responsibility,” said

Commissioner Edward Cabán. “The past few days proved to the world again that the people in this city can come together and get the job done like no one else.” According to investigators, the boy and girl were on a field in Kissena Park around 3 p.m., just after school let out for the day, when a curly-haired man with braces walked up and demanded they follow him into the woods.

 

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