NYPD
HARLEM — A man who followed a woman into her East Harlem apartment and tried to rape her has been arrested, police said.
Justin Ramirez, 22, was caught by surveillance cameras following a 31-year-old woman into her building Monday evening, the NYPD said.
He walked into the building near East 102nd Street and Park Avenue behind the woman at about 7:15 p.m. and assaulted her in the stairwell, police said. The woman was able to fight him off.
He then fled the building after being briefly blocked by another man in the apartment building’s vestibule, according to video of the incident and a police spokesman.
The woman was taken to Metropolitan Hospital Center for evaluation.
