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Suspect Arrested In Clinton Hill, Bed-Stuy Rapes
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Jen Chung
Published Apr 4, 2010
Modified Apr 4, 2010
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Police arrested a man suspected in two Brooklyn rapes. According to the Daily News, "Dupree Nicholson was charged with rape, assault and robbery after his DNA matched evidence taken from the March attacks near the border of Clinton Hill and Bedford-Stuyvesant, police said."
On March 16, a man, wielding a gun forced a 56-year-old woman at Fulton and Franklin Avenue to go a park, where he raped her and struck her in the head with the firearm. On March 23, a man matching the description of the March 16 attacker threatened a 42-year-old woman with a gun on Gates Avenue between Classon Avenue and Irving Place at around 5:30 a.m., dragging her to an alley where he raped and sodomized her. Acting on a tip, police brought in for questioning— and he voluntarily offered a DNA sample.
City Councilwoman Letitia James, who is concerned about crime in her district, said, "I applaud both the 79th and 88th precincts for their joint efforts in bringing about a speedy arrest, though I remain concerned that this individual seemed to be conscious of the gap that exists in these few blocks between Bedford-Stuyvesant and Clinton Hill. It is clear that we must do what we can to prevent any similar occurrences, and I continue to call for more police presence throughout the district."
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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