Who is Kashaan Parks? Bronx suspect accused of choking and raping woman was turned in by his mother

Police arrested a man in connection with a brutal sexual assault case in the Bronx. Footage showed the suspect putting a belt around a woman’s neck and pulling her behind a car. He is accused of raping the victim. Kashaan Parks, 39, was arrested by the NYPD on Saturday morning, May 11th.

Parks was charged with second-degree rape, second-degree assault, second-degree strangulation, first-degree sexual abuse, first-degree public indecency and first-degree harassment in connection with the Middle East incident at 152nd Street and 3rd Avenue around May 1, according to ABC 7.

The attacker followed the 45-year-old woman, then attacked her and wrapped a belt around her neck. She quickly lost consciousness, whereupon the suspect dragged her behind a car and raped her. The suspect then fled on foot toward Melrose Avenue.

The victim and suspect knew each other, police said. She was taken to NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln in stable condition following the incident caught on camera.

Who is Kashaan Parks?

Meanwhile, a police source said the suspect acted with uncanny precision. “I definitely think he’s done this before,” a Bronx detective said anonymously, according to the New York Post.

“It was too clean. They usually make big mistakes the first time. That wasn’t a mistake. This guy was precise.”

“There are probably more victims out there, but what happens is they pass out and don’t remember anything,” the detective said. “How do you get the belt around your neck so perfectly?”

Parks has already arrested two people. He was charged with third-degree assault and criminal mischief in the Bronx on Oct. 14, 2018, after he allegedly struck a 46-year-old woman multiple times during an argument. He is also said to have jumped on her. He was also charged with theft of services in 2013 after he allegedly boarded the ear of an MTA bus without paying.

Authorities said the Bronx suspect stopped cooperating with authorities at some point. As of May 5, 511 rapes had been reported across the city. This corresponds to the same number during this period in 2023.

Kashaan Parks’ mother reported him

It was also reported that Park’s mother reported him. Beverly Parks, 56, claimed her son’s wife called and told her he had choked and raped a woman.

“I am his mother who reported him. I’m the one who made his arrest possible,” he told the New York Post. “I found out about this yesterday morning at 5:12 a.m. and have been trying to get my son to do the right thing ever since. And I did.”

Beverly said her son struggled with alcohol and drug problems. The father of two was unemployed.

“He…had a one-year-old baby. It’s not like he was walking the streets committing crimes and doing this,” she said. “I demanded that my son be held accountable for his actions, whether he was drunk, taking drugs or grieving.”

“He did something wrong and he has to deal with it. Period,” she added.