Two stills from a video police released before they arrested three suspects in a Chinatown rape.
Teens arrested in Chinatown rape
Three teenagers were arrested Tuesday for the raping and robbing of a woman, 33, early Monday morning, June 1, at 5 a.m., police say.
Video from a Chinatown deli shows the woman, beaten and bleeding, walking into the store to ask for help, around 5:10 a.m., the New York Times reported.
Minutes earlier, she had been raped by two of the three teens and also robbed of her purse, which held her identification and keys. She had met the three teens at an Internet cafe at 75 Eldridge St., near the deli, the Times reported.
The woman was taken to Lenox Hill Hospital on the Upper East Side, where she is in stable condition, according to police.
Police released video of the three suspects entering the woman’s building at 5:11 a.m., according to the video’s time stamp. They seem nonchalant and unhurried, each pulling up the hood of their sweatshirts, which were soaked from the rain. One looked directly at the security camera as he pulled up his hood. They then climb the stairs. About a minute later, the three run down the stairs and leave.
The three teenagers — all 16 and from Brooklyn — were arrested at 4:35 a.m. on Tues., June 2. Eric Pek and Emanuel Burrows were charged with rape, robbery, assault, burglary and grand larceny. Pek was charged with petit larceny and Burrows with attempted petit larceny. The third teenager, Sanat Asliev, was charged with attempted rape, assault and attempted burglary.
Pek has been arrested six times before; Burrows 11 times, DNAinfo reported.
Subway assault
A man, 43, did something late Thursday night many of us do everyday: he was getting ready to swipe his MetroCard. This time, however, a man grabbed him from behind at the Rector St. (1) station, put him into a headlock and threw him to the ground, police say.
The suspect, who looked to be about 25, then stole the man’s wallet. The incident took place on Thurs., May 28 at 11:30 p.m. Police say that the suspect followed the man into the subway. After snatching the wallet, the suspect fled — getting away with credit cards and a $140 N.J. transit bus card. The man refused medical attention, according to police.
Baby clothes heist
A thief got away with oodles of baby clothes — valued at $3,853 — from Giggle, at 120 Wooster St. in Soho, police say.
A female employee, 47, told police that a man around 30 entered the store on Fri., May 29 at 11:45 a.m. and grabbed over 140 clothing items — including leggings, dresses, hats and sweatshirts — from a table and fled.
Bicycle thieves
The warm weather last week may have inspired cyclists as well as thieves as several bikes were stolen.
On Wed., May 27 at 8 p.m., a man, 40, was making a delivery at 388 Greenwich St. — Citigroup headquarters — in Tribeca and left his motorized bike, worth $1,421, unlocked outside the tower, police say. When he came back, the bike was gone.
In another incident, this time in the Financial District, a man left his Citi Bike in front of 125 Cedar St. on Thurs., May 28 at 2:20 p.m. so that he could deliver medication, police say. He told police he was gone for five minutes — enough time for the bike, worth $1,200, to be stolen.
The day before, police arrested a 37-year-old Brooklyn man, for stealing a Citi Bike. He told police that he “found” the bike at the corner of Chambers and West Sts. on Wed., May 27 at around 3 p.m. He then took the bike for a ride on the sidewalk in Battery Park City, and was then arrested, police say.
$2,500 mistake
An East Village man was hanging out at the White House Tavern at 25 Bridge St. in the Financial District on Fri., May 29 at 7:45 p.m. and put his black backpack on the floor in front of his seat, police say.
He then left the bar — and his bag, which contained a $2,500 Apple MacBook Pro 15, police say. When he realized an hour later that he forgot his backpack, he called the bar and then returned to look for it, but the bag and computer were gone.
— DUSICA SUE MALESEVIC
