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More NYPD Foot Patrols Demanded After Fort Greene Rape
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Jen Chung
Published Jan 24, 2009
Modified Jan 24, 2009
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Community members and lawmakers asked the NYPD to increase its presence in Fort Greene after a doctor was raped on Thursday morning. City Councilwoman Letitia James said more foot patrols are needed in the community and added that more recruits should be sent to the "understaffed 88th Precinct." James also said, "We will find this criminal."
According to the Post, the 30-year-old woman was "dragged under a Fort Greene stoop and raped after stepping out of the subway" around 6 a.m. The attack occurred near the corner of St. Felix and Fulton Streets, which is just a few blocks from Brooklyn Hospital—as well as a number of subway stations and Long Island University. The Post also reports, "The thug, who covered his face with a scarf and was wearing a hat, grabbed his victim from behind and said he had a gun. He pulled her beneath the stairwell of a brownstone and raped her, cops said, then snatched her bag before escaping."
The woman went to Brooklyn Hospital after the attack and was treated there. The police description of the suspect is a black male, with a Nigerian accent, who was wearing a dark scarf and clothing. The Reverend Al Sharpton's National Action Network is offering a $5,000 reward for the arrest and indictment of a suspect. The 88th Precinct had 7 reported rapes; there have been concerns there's a crime wave in the neighborhood.
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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