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Central Park rape suspect taken into custody at Miami Burger King, NYPD says
Gothamist • • nation
Key Points:
- Dereck Rivera-Deleon was arrested in Miami while working at a Burger King and is accused of raping a woman in Central Park last month, as well as being charged in two earlier rapes in the park from 2021 and 2023.
- The NYPD has not disclosed how Rivera-Deleon was linked to the earlier attacks or provided further details about those cases.
- The most recent attack occurred near East 66th Street and Fifth Avenue on October 24, involving a 39-year-old female victim who was hospitalized.
- Rivera-Deleon was apprehended by NYPD detectives working with a U.S. Marshals regional fugitive task force and the U.S. Marshals Service.
- Police have not yet specified the charges for the October attack or the timeline for Rivera-Deleon's return to New York, and it is unclear if he has legal representation.
