Breaking: Police say they have a person of interest in custody after a woman was raped and robbed early this morning while jogging in the West Village.
As CBS2's Alice Gainer reported, there have been similar attacks in recent months.
Police said the 43-year-old victim was choked from behind, raped and robbed of her wallet, cellphone and headphones. It happened just before 6 a.m. along the water between 10th and Christopher at Pier 45 in Hudson River Park. "It's really shocking. I don't know what else to say. As a woman, especially, it's really depressing," runner Lisa Windfield told CBS2. Police have not released a description of the suspect. 28-year-old Carl Phanor, who is accused in two similar attacksAt around 5 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 6, police said he put a 48-year-old woman in a chokehold and attempted to rape her on the FDR Drive service road close to East 37th Street.
pushed to the ground and choked a 39-year-old woman at around 6 a.m. at Pier 40 around Clarkson and West Street,Phanor's last address is a homeless shelter on Lafayette Street. Police sources say he has 18 prior arrests for assault, drug possession and stealing. Anyone with information about the case is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers hotline at
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