Child Rape Suspect Lived Across from Bronx School

Arrest in Rape of 10-Year-Old Girl 

The NYPD has made an arrest in the rape of a 10-year-old girl in Manhattan. -Photo by NYPD
The NYPD has made an arrest in the rape of a 10-year-old girl in Manhattan. -Photo by NYPD

By Dan Gesslein 

Manhattan Voice 

January 24, 2024 


MANHATTAN - A Bronx man has been charged in the rape of a 10-year-old girl who met her attacker on an app, the NYPD said. The suspect lived in the Bronx across the street from an elementary school. 


Police arrested 23-year-old Drequan Drayton-Howard. He was charged with rape, sex abuse and endangering the well fare of a child. 


The address the suspect listed is across the street from PS 112 as well a playground in the Edenwald section of the Bronx. Cops said Drayton-Howard has no prior arrests. 

Cops said the 10-year-old girl had communicated with her attacker through an app. At around 9 pm on January 6, she met the man at Third Avenue and East 122nd Street. Cops said the man took the girl to an apartment and raped her. He then fled on foot. 


The victim was taken to an area hospital for treatment and evaluation. 

Location: Schieffelin Ave, Bronx, NY, USA

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