Police cuff man accused of repeatedly
raping 11-year-old Brownsville girl
A man was arrested Sunday for raping an 11-year-old in Brownsville the
day before. NYPD
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A man was found dead inside a van at a Canarsie gas station on Feb. 17.
Photo by Lloyd Mitchell
BY JESSICA PARKS
Police discovered a dead
body submerged in chemicals
inside a burning van in
Canarsie Monday night.
The cops were called to
investigate the smoldering,
white van in the parking lot
of an 80th Street gas station
between Foster Avenue and
Preston Court at around 6
pm, when, after extinguishing
the smoke, investigators
found the unconscious body
of a man inside, according to
police.
He was later pronounced
dead at the scene, cops said.
Eyewitnesses at the scene
said the man was submerged
in chemicals at the time of
his discovery.
The body has been turned
over to the city’s medical examiner
to determine cause of
death, authorities say.
BY JESSICA PARKS
Police arrested a 45-yearold
Staten Island man accused
of repeatedly raping a
11-year-old Brownsville girl.
The suspect was cuffed
Sunday — a day after the most
recent assault on Saturday at
victim’s Brownsville home
— on three counts of felony
rape, three counts of sexual
abuse, and three counts of
harming the safety of a child,
according to police.
Prosecutors allege that
the Staten Island man raped
the girl on two prior occasions
since Dec. 28, according
to the criminal complaint.
Police became aware of
the crimes after the victim’s
mother, who knew the defendant,
caught him naked in
the child’s bedroom, according
to prosecutors.
Emergency personnel
rushed the victim, who
was in stable condition,
to Brookdale Hospital in
Brownsville.
Kings County Judge Adam
Perlmutter set the defendant’s
bail as $250,000 which
has not been posted and issued
a temporary protection
order against the accused.
His next court appearance
is slated for Feb. 21.
Dead body found in burning van