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VOL. 111, NO. 50 JULY 9-15, 2020
Boy, 12, charged
in connection
with attempted
Ridgewood rape
BY ZACHARY GEWELB
ZGEWELB@SCHNEPSMEDIA.COM
@QNS
Police charged a 12-year-old
boy in connection with the
attempted rape of a woman in
Ridgewood.
Authorities say the 37-year-old
victim was returning to her home
in the vicinity of Gates and Cypress
avenues around 8 a.m. on July 6
when the boy —whose identity has
not been revealed —followed her
into her building.
Once inside, he pushed the
woman to the floor and attempted
to remove her clothes, police said.
The woman fought back and the boy
fled the building on foot to parts unknown,
according to authorities.
Police released surveillance
video of the suspect on Monday
night.
Authorities charged the boy with
robbery, assault, burglary, sex abuse,
menacing and criminal possession of
a weapon on July 7.
Anyone with information in
regard to the identity of this male
is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime
Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS
(8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-
PISTA (74782).
The public can also submit their
tips by logging onto the Crime
Stoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.
COM, or on
Twitter @NYPDTips.
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