{"id":1008815,"date":"2021-11-13T20:28:43","date_gmt":"2021-11-14T01:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1008815"},"modified":"2021-11-13T20:28:46","modified_gmt":"2021-11-14T01:28:46","slug":"homeless-man-arrested-charged-with-brutal-rape-of-central-park-jogger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/homeless-man-arrested-charged-with-brutal-rape-of-central-park-jogger\/","title":{"rendered":"Homeless Man Arrested, Charged with Brutal Rape of Central Park Jogger"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhomeless-man-arrested-charged-with-brutal-rape-of-central-park-jogger%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1008815&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Central-Park-Rape-Suspect-Arrested-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">A homeless man was arrested and charged for the heinous rape of a 27-year-old woman who was jogging in Central Park on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>New York City police officers <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/11\/13\/suspect-paulie-velez-arrested-in-central-park-rape-case\/\">arrested<\/a> homeless man Paulie Velez, 25, around 12:50 a.m. on Saturday for his alleged role in the reprehensible crime, the <em>New York Post<\/em> reports. Velez took off running from his mother\u2019s home in Queens when authorities came looking for him, but he was ultimately corralled by police, the <em>Post<\/em> reports.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Velez allegedly choked the 27-year-old jogger out until she was unconscious and proceeded to rape her around 7:20 a.m. in Central Park, according to the <em>Post<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In a Thursday briefing, New York Police Department (NYPD) Inspector Michael King said the victim was assisted by a passerby and taken to the hospital, the <em>Post<\/em> reports.<\/p>\n<p>Velez allegedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/new-york\/nyc-crime\/ny-cops-nab-homeless-man-for-central-park-rape-20211113-plbnokm6v5bdnfrzyhzukbblpa-story.html\">stole<\/a> the victim\u2019s cell phone during the attack, according to the <em>New York Daily News.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Surveillance video at N and R subway station on the south end of the park <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/central-park-rape-person-of-interest-sex-assault-upper-east-side\/11231343\/\">captured<\/a> the suspect entering the station, according to ABC 7. Later the suspect was observed on surveillance footage from the Smokey Valley smoke shop near Times Square and reportedly attempted to sell the stolen phone to the store\u2019s clerk, who refused the item as he assumed it was stolen, according to ABC 7.<\/p>\n<p>On November 11, NYPD Crime Stoppers <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYPDTips\/status\/1458964987066687492\">released<\/a> images of the suspect to the public.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.077809798271\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8WANTED FOR RAPE: On 11\/11\/21 at 7:21 A.M., in the vicinity of Swan Lake and Center Drive <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYPDCentralPark?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NYPDCentralPark<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Manhattan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Manhattan<\/a>, The suspect grabbed a 28 Y\/O female victim from behind choked and raped her.  Any info call at 800-577-TIPS or DM <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYPDTips?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NYPDTips<\/a>. Reward up to $3,500. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/V0gr7cxAsp\">pic.twitter.com\/V0gr7cxAsp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NYPD Crime Stoppers (@NYPDTips) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYPDTips\/status\/1458964987066687492?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 12, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Velez was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnewyork.com\/news\/local\/man-arrested-for-central-park-ambush-rape-of-woman-jogging-police\/3400257\/\">tracked<\/a> down with the aid of a tip submitted to NYPD\u2019s Crime Stoppers hotline, a law enforcement official with knowledge of the case informed NBC New York.<\/p>\n<p>The alleged rapist faces \u201ccharges of rape, robbery, strangulation, assault and sex abuse,\u201d according to the <em>New York Daily News<\/em>. His arraignment in Manhattan Criminal Court was pending as of Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Velez was arrested earlier this year in Florida on kidnapping, sexual assault, and battery charges, the <em>Post<\/em> reports.<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cHe gets locked up for that, agrees to enter a plea \u2014 there&nbsp;was&nbsp;a&nbsp;court date and he doesn\u2019t show up,\u201d&nbsp;a source told the outlet of Velez\u2019s Florida arrest.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, authorities <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/crime\/2021\/11\/12\/bronx-man-arrested-sexual-assault\/\">arrested<\/a> an 18-year-old in connection to a sexual assault at another New York City Park, Breitbart News reported.&nbsp;Rahmel Bali allegedly sexually assaulted a 13-year-old while she was on her way home from school at Crotona Park in the Bronx on Monday. Bali is <a href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/news\/local-news\/bronx\/man-arrested-teen-sexually-assaulted-crotona-park\/\">charged<\/a> with&nbsp;\u201ccriminal sexual assault, attempted sex abuse, criminal obstruction of breathing, assault and harassment,\u201d according to Pix11.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A homeless man was arrested and charged for the heinous rape of a 27-year-old woman who was jogging in Central Park on Thursday. 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