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One Suspect Charged With Rape of Unconscious Woman on Park Bench in Village

By DNAinfo Staff on April 1, 2010 2:34pm  | Updated on April 1, 2010 2:28pm

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By Shayna Jacobs

DNAinfo Reporter/Producer

MANHATTAN CRIMINAL COURT — One of two suspects initially accused of raping an unconscious woman on a Greenwich Village playground bench will not face charges, authorities said.

Stanley Drayton, 29, who was originally arrested with Anthony Torres, 19, was determined not to have been involved in the incident, authorities said.

Torres, however, who lives on W. 14th Street just blocks from Seravalli Playground at Hudson and Horatio streets, has been charged with rape, public lewdness and other charges, his criminal complaint said.

He is being held on $50,000 bail.

The crime allegedly occurred at around 11:35 a.m. on Monday in a driving rain storm.

A man has been charged with allegedly raping an unconscious woman on a park bench in the West Village.
A man has been charged with allegedly raping an unconscious woman on a park bench in the West Village.
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Unidentified sources told the New York Post that Torres allegedly tried to flee with the unconscious victim, slinging her over his shoulder.