Woman fights off creep who put her in chokehold during attempted rape on NYC sidewalk: cops
A woman fought off a stranger who put her in a chokehold and tried to drag her off a Bronx sidewalk in a terrifying atte🍰mpted rape that was caught on video, police said.
The attacker – identified by the NYPD Monday as Miguel♈ Rivera, 45 – snuck up behind the 26-year-old victim as she walked along the sidewalk at Vireo Avenue and♛ East 235th Street in the Woodlawn Heights neighborhood around 1:30 a.m. May 24, cops said.
Rivera then wrapped his arms around the woman’s neck and wrestled her down to the pavement without saying a 🔴word, according to cops and disturbing surಌveillance footage .
The victim fought off the violent sicko, w⛄ho was still🅰 on the loose Tuesday.
Rivera – who was seen on foot for the duration of the News 12 clip – then fled on a blu🎃e scooter, authorities said.
The victim refused medical attention on the scene for some mino൩r scrapes, cops said.
The attack came weeks after 𒐪two other disturbing sex crimes in t🍎he Bronx.
A 15-year-old girl fought off a still-at-large pervert 🔯who tried to🃏 rape her in a wooded area of Pelham Bay Park around 5 p.m. May 18, police said.
In another caught-on-video ordeal May 1, Kashaan Parks, 39, allegedly lassoed a 45-year-old woman with a belt from behind, dragged her unconscious and raped her between two parked cars at East 1📖52nd Street and Third Avenue in the South Bronx, cops said.
