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Police: Brutal pervert beats and rapes NYC woman in store

A violent pervert beat and raped a woman in a store on a busy Queens shopping street this week, police said.

The madman entered a “commercial building” on Main Street and 40th Road in busy downtown Flushing at around 10:45 p.m. on Sunday and hit the 53-year-old woman on the head and face, police said.

He then raped the woman and ran away, police said.

The woman was taken to a local hospital where her condition is stable, authorities said.


The madman, who is still at large, beat and raped the 53-year-old victim in a store in Flushing, police said.
The madman, who is still at large, beat and raped the 53-year-old victim in a store in Flushing, police said.
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Main Street and 40th Road in downtown Flushing.
The attack occurred late Sunday on a busy shopping street in downtown Flushing.

A surveillance image released by the New York Police Department late Thursday showed the attacker entering a subway station through the turnstiles.

An NYPD spokesman could not name the business where the sexual assault occurred or say whether the victim worked there.

Anyone with information about this heinous crime is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or (for Spanish) 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).

The public can also submit their tips by logging on to the Crime Stoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ and tagging X @NYPDTips.