NYPD seeks man who broke into sleeping woman's home and raped her on Upper East Side

The New York Police Department (NYPD) is searching for a sex offender who broke into an Upper East Side apartment early Saturday and raped a 29-year-old woman who was asleep before fleeing the scene. .

The horrific assault took place around 3:40 a.m. near East 92nd Street and First Avenue, when authorities said he somehow entered the apartment and assaulted the victim.

Some police sources stated that the woman was asleep on the second floor of her apartment when the rapist entered, woke her up and punched her in the face.

The victim was taken to Lenox Hospital, where he is in stable condition, NYPD explained.

On Sunday, officials released security camera video and a photograph of the alleged abuser leaving the scene.

He was dressed in blue jeans, a white shirt with a design on the front, and a jacket with a camouflage pattern.

Officers ask anyone in the public with information about the accused robber to contact NYPD Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS or crimestopers.nypdonline.org.

The disturbing rape comes amid an increase in sexual assaults in New York City this 2024 compared to last year, including an attempted sexual assault of a Montana woman near a Greenwich Village subway station on the 15th. of September.

The criminal followed the victim as she left the station and chased her when she tried to escape, then hit and groped her while threatening her, the New York Post reported.

According to NYPD records, rapes across the Big Apple are up 13% this year through Sept. 22 compared to the same period in 2023, 157 this year compared to just 124 last year.

The department’s 19th Precinct, where the sexual crime took place at the home, has had three reported rapes as of Sept. 22, after no rapes were reported during the same period last year, according to statistics.

“It’s unfortunate that the city is in that situation right now,” said a neighborhood financial services employee, who asked to be identified only as Heather.

“People don’t feel safe, whether it’s sexual attacks or street violence,” said Heather, 37. “I don’t walk at night as often as I used to.”

On the other hand, a 65-year-old woman, identified as Vera Aricha, a resident of the Upper West Side, noted that she also finds herself looking over her shoulder more frequently than before.

“I don’t take the subway,” he told The Post. “If I can take it and have more time, I take a bus. I refuse to take the subway. I don’t go out at night. My kids take Uber. We avoid walking at night.

“I don’t think people are happy with this situation.”

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