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Suspect Looked More Like Food Delivery Driver than Sex Fiend The NYPD is searching for this man in connection with an attempted rape inside Central Park. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein Manhattan Voice October 28, 2024 Follow @x MANHATTAN - Cops are looking for a suspected would-be rapist who looked more like a food delivery driver than a sex fiend. The NYPD released surveillance video of an e-bike riding suspect wanted in the attempted rape of a woman in Central Park.  At around 5 am on October 26, a 38-year-old woman was walking in the vicinity of 85 East Drive in the northern tip of the park. Cops said the suspect rode up to her and then pushed the woman over a metal fence.  The attacker then repeatedly punched the woman in the face and tried to rape her, investigators said. However, the suspect hopped on his e-bike and rode off without raping her.  Cops said he drove out of the park and fled northbound on 5th Avenue.  EMS transported the victim to an...

Anti-Semitic Rants in Unprovoked Attack Police are searching for this man with a bicycle and trailer with a sign that reads "hungry disabled." The suspect is wanted in connection with a hate crime assault. By Dan Gesslein Manhattan Voice December 15, 2022 MANHATTAN - A man claiming to be homeless and disabled, is being sought by police for attacking an Upper East Side man and shouting Anti-Semitic remarks near Central Park.  At around 7:30 pm on December 14, a 63-year-old man was walking to the Central Park entrance at Terrace Drive and East Drive. Suddenly the man was struck from behind and he fell to the ground. The elderly man chipped his tooth and suffered a broken hand.  As the victim tried to get up, his attacker began shouting Anti-Semitic remarks before he hopped on his bike with his attached trailer. The victim told police that a sign on the back of the bike trailer read “Hungry Disabled.”  The victim went to a nearby hospital by private means. H...